Cooperation and Healthy Competition

There is potential for China and the United States to work together in many areas and improve global governance. Competition is not an obstacle as long as it is healthy. This was the message from a webinar, Reset and Reshape—China-U.S. Relations and Global Governance, held on March 12. Hosted by Beijing Review, the event was attended by experts on China-U.S. relations from both countries. This is an edited excerpt from what they said:

Gao Anming, Vice President and Editor in Chief, China International Publishing Group

Most will agree that deteriorating China-U.S. relations will do no good to the two countries or the world at large. Promoting dialogue and cooperation in select areas and managing differences in a constructive manner holds the key. Both sides need to be objective and rational, focusing on areas of convergence rather than divergence.

The relationship should not be driven by ideologies. As the two countries vary in their social system, development stage, as well as history and culture, it’s only natural for them to have differences. The important thing is that neither should allow the differences to hijack their common interests.

They should reinforce