On December 20, the Chinese Ambassador to the United States Qin Gang accepted a joint interview with the editors-in-chief and senior reporters of major American media outlets. Afterwards, Chinese media has mostly reported about it. However, many days since the interview have passed, and Mainland Chinese media discovered that it has not been reported by any American media. The "fireside chat" interview, conducted in English, was held by Bloomberg New Economy Forum. The Chinese Embassy in the United States has published the main content of the interview on its official website and translated it into Chinese. Han Peng, a Chinese correspondent in the United States, said that before the interview, the two parties had agreed that all the content could be reported. However, no American media outlet has covered the story. He remains puzzled over such occurrence, and questioned the judgments on news of American editor-in-chief and senior reporters. Han added that Chinese journalists have in fact already translated the news reports into English and published them on American social media.

Concerning the issue on Taiwan, Qin said that this can bring China and United States into a potential conflict. He explained that, "The One-China principle is the political foundation of China-U.S. relations. The U.S. must be very careful about its contacts with Taiwan and reduce or deescalate the tension".

Qin further stated that, "What China has been doing is reacting. What causes the current tension in the Taiwan Strait? It is the DPP (Democratic Progressive Party) authority that denies the fact that there's only one China and both sides belong to the one China. Because it is provoking confrontation by seeking U.S. support for its independence agenda. And the United States is using Taiwan to contain China. That's how the tension keeps rising".

On U.S.-China relations, Qin remarked that, "China is everywhere in the United States. Everybody talks about China at any instant. But many of them don't understand China. They don't understand the Chinese language. They don't know the history, culture, and the people of China. But everybody appears like a China expert. Everybody appears that they know China much more than I do.  China is being treated like a kid being scolded by his or her parents every day: You are wrong. You need do this. You shouldn't do that. There are lies and disinformation spreading every day. China is misunderstood, mis-perceived and misrepresented in the United States. This gives me a surprise".

When answering the question on "wolf warrior" diplomacy, Qin said that, "facing unfriendly words and actions which interfere in China's internal affairs and are harmful to our interests, a Chinese national, not just a Chinese diplomat, will rise up to say no, to argue, to fight back. We are not fighting, but fighting back. If I can describe Chinese diplomats more precisely, I would use this one: They are not wolf warriors; they are dancing with wolves".