"Cooperation is beneficial to both countries and the world"
"In the face of major global challenges including the new crown pneumonia epidemic, it is almost impossible to solve these challenges without the cooperation of the United States and China. The relationship between the United States and China is back on track, which is beneficial to the United States, China, and China. The world is beneficial." Fang Dawei, President and CEO of the George Bush Foundation for US-China Relations, told reporters of this newspaper a few days ago.
Fang Dawei was the vice president of the Institute of East-West Research in the United States and the director of the China Public Policy Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
Fang Dawei said: “Although the political systems of the United States and China are different, it does not affect the two countries’ cooperation. Looking back in the 1970s, the core premise of the former US President Nixon’s China policy is that the United States and China can Finding a mode of cooperation is beneficial to both countries and the world. Former President Carter also believes that the United States and China are inseparable from each other. We must work together for the sake of the whole world and the peace and prosperity of all."
He emphasized that when the United States started its engagement policy with China, people were thinking more about the global impact of the relationship between the two countries in the next few decades, rather than short-term development in the next few days or months.
"Such strategic thinking is seriously lacking in today's American politics. The current US policy toward China is not based on a long-term understanding of the relationship between the two countries, nor does it consider where it will take one of the most important bilateral relations in the world. , Very often just to create news spots."
Fang Dawei pointed out that the current US government views the relationship between the two countries from the perspective of zero-sum thinking, which is the core fallacy of American strategic thinking.
He said: “If the United States and China do not develop strong cooperation, major global challenges cannot be resolved.” He said that after the outbreak, the George Bush Foundation for US-China Relations maintained close cooperation with the business communities of the two countries to coordinate the fight against the epidemic. The materials arrive where they are most needed, and at the same time facilitate the exchanges and dialogues between medical professionals in the two countries.
(This newspaper, Washington, September 7th)