Interview: New model of major-country
relations no abstract theory
''... With regard to the fact that the U.S. and China have differences as
well
as common ground, Denoon said:
"I think that both China and the United States need to get used to some
areas where we will cooperate and some areas where we will compete.
This is normal behavior for great powers."
"The core of the relationship remains strong, but on the margins we've seen
difficulty," he added...''
''..."The U.S. should spell out more clearly what its goals are in the Pacific and
what its specific steps will be in the cultural, political, and military spheres,"
Denoon said. "Right now, it's ambiguous."...''
''...Meanwhile, "it's very important for the United States to recognize that China
has legitimate interests. And those interests are in trade, in culture, and in
protecting its perimeter.
So I think it would be a mistake for the United States to challenge Chinese
sovereignty," he said.
Kinssinger believed that it would benefit the whole world if the U.S. and China
work together to remove tensions and cooperate on global issues.
"China is a rising country. The United States is a more or less established country.
So it is inevitable that
in some of this process the two countries may interfere with each other, but they
should use that opportunity, they should use that fact to, first of all, remove
tensions wherever they can, and even more
importantly to work together on the great issues that affect the world,"
Kinssinger said."Without Chinese-American cooperation, it will not be
possible to solve these issues," he added. ...''
relations no abstract theory
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as common ground, Denoon said:
"I think that both China and the United States need to get used to some
areas where we will cooperate and some areas where we will compete.
This is normal behavior for great powers."
"The core of the relationship remains strong, but on the margins we've seen
difficulty," he added...''
''..."The U.S. should spell out more clearly what its goals are in the Pacific and
what its specific steps will be in the cultural, political, and military spheres,"
Denoon said. "Right now, it's ambiguous."...''
''...Meanwhile, "it's very important for the United States to recognize that China
has legitimate interests. And those interests are in trade, in culture, and in
protecting its perimeter.
So I think it would be a mistake for the United States to challenge Chinese
sovereignty," he said.
Kinssinger believed that it would benefit the whole world if the U.S. and China
work together to remove tensions and cooperate on global issues.
"China is a rising country. The United States is a more or less established country.
So it is inevitable that
in some of this process the two countries may interfere with each other, but they
should use that opportunity, they should use that fact to, first of all, remove
tensions wherever they can, and even more
importantly to work together on the great issues that affect the world,"
Kinssinger said."Without Chinese-American cooperation, it will not be
possible to solve these issues," he added. ...''
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NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The concept of building a new model of major-country relations is not an abstract theory and can be further developed with pragmatic cooperation between China and the United States, U.S. experts have said. At their meeting at the Sunnylands retreat in California last year, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama endorsed the idea of building a new model of major-country relations based on non-confrontation, non-conflict, mutual respect and win-win cooperation, with the aim to avoid the zero-sum games historically seen between rising powers and established ones. The Sunnylands summit, in particular the agreement to seek a new model of relations it produced, is believed to have set the tone for China-U.S. relations in the next decade. "I believe that China and the United States have an opportunity to establish a new model," veteran diplomat Henry Kissinger said in a recent interview with Xinhua in his New York office. "This is not an abstract theory. It is produced by the necessity of modern technology, and by the scope of the problems that are before us," said the former U.S. secretary of state. Interviewed on the same topic, some U.S. experts said the two countries can take more practical steps to materialize the concept of the new model of major-country relations. "The concept has become part of the vocabulary since the Sunnylands summit," Stephen Orlins, president of National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, told Xinhua in a recent interview. Orlins said what he wants to see is how the new concept will guide bilateral cooperation on regional and international issues and in peacefully resolving tensions in East and South China seas. In an encouraging move toward defining the new relationship, China and the United States staked out an ambitious joint plan to curb carbon emissions during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting summit held in Beijing on Nov. 10-12. "I think the agreement is very important in two ways. It is important because it is my understanding that the negotiating was very cordial and workmanlike, so it shows that China and the United States can work together on an important issue. So that is a big step forward," David Denoon, director of the NYU Center on U.S.-China Relations, said. "Secondly, carbon emissions itself as a topic is an important issue. It is also an important issue forward that China and the U.S. have agreed on broad targets," he added. On top of embarking on a common cause against the threat of climate change, China and the U.S. also made real progress on visa, trade and security at the summit. Nevertheless, the two countries still face differences on a series of issues, including cyber security and efforts to establish parallel regional trade blocs in Asia. With regard to the fact that the U.S. and China have differences as well as common ground, Denoon said: "I think that both China and the United States need to get used to some areas where we will cooperate and some areas where we will compete. This is normal behavior for great powers." "The core of the relationship remains strong, but on the margins we've seen difficulty," he added. According to Denoon, whose center held the 4th Conference on Chinese Capital Markets on Dec. 5, averting conflicts involves "compromises" by both sides. "I think the U.S. and China need to agree on what the institution would be. And then the U.S. needs to accept China as playing a bigger role," he said. On top of that, geographic tensions, such as the territorial disputes between China and its neighbors, including Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam in the East and South China Seas, as well as the U.S. strategic rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific also complicate the efforts to forge a new model of major-country relations. "The U.S. should spell out more clearly what its goals are in the Pacific and what its specific steps will be in the cultural, political, and military spheres," Denoon said. "Right now, it's ambiguous." Meanwhile, "it's very important for the United States to recognize that China has legitimate interests. And those interests are in trade, in culture, and in protecting its perimeter. So I think it would be a mistake for the United States to challenge Chinese sovereignty," he said. Kinssinger believed that it would benefit the whole world if the U.S. and China work together to remove tensions and cooperate on global issues. "China is a rising country. The United States is a more or less established country. So it is inevitable that in some of this process the two countries may interfere with each other, but they should use that opportunity, they should use that fact to, first of all, remove tensions wherever they can, and even more importantly to work together on the great issues that affect the world," Kinssinger said."Without Chinese-American cooperation, it will not be possible to solve these issues," he added. (Xinhua writers Zhou Xiaozheng, Liu Li and Shang Yang also contributed to the report.) |
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