Every global concern - economic, environmental or security-related - can be addressed more effectively when the U.S. and China work together.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
China and the U.S. have a very symbiotic relationship which will not decline any time soon. There are more shared interests as compared to shared differences and for this reason relations will continue to be good.
I think the Sino-American relationship is the most important geo-strategic question facing us.
A durable, long-term U.S.-China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples.
I am convinced that China needs to be a strong trading partner with the United States long term.
If we don't get our relationship with the emerging People's Republic of China right, that is something that could lead to global catastrophe.
We should be doing more business with China. We should be better connected to the Chinese economy.
China and the United States have major influence in international affairs and shoulder important responsibilities in upholding world peace and promoting common development.
China is a major power in the Pacific and I think we are dealing with some common threats in that region: the whole issue of Korea and the stability of Korea, the whole issue of nuclear proliferation, the whole issue of providing free access to our ships that are operating in that area.
What frustrates U.S. officials is that China sometimes seems more comfortable accommodating a strong United States, as it did in past decades, than partnering with an America that's less dominant.
The U.S. and China need to take steps - mostly individually, sometimes together - that will have the mutually beneficial effect of supporting and sustaining economic growth.