During an interview with Al Jazeera in Beijing Recently, when asked about whether China is ready to fill the vacuum in the Middle East as the United States reduces its presence there, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the expression "to fill the vacuum" does not show enough respect for the right of the Middle East to decide its own future. I don't think there has ever been a "vacuum" there. People in the Middle East have the right and ability to make their own home a better place. It's fine if other countries want to help, but, just to be clear, there exists no vacuum for others to fill. Above anything else, we must believe that people in the Middle East are able to master their own destiny and come together to build a better region. This is what China wants to see and what all peoples in the Middle East should work for.