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China and the U.S.

China has finally reached a stable relationship with the U.S., said China’s People’s Daily News in an editorial. The first U.S. overtures, during the Nixon administration, were born of the common need “to contain the Soviet Union.” Once the USSR was gone, the Clinton administration tried to redefine the relationship as one of “strategic partnership.” That ended in 1999, when the U.S. bombed the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia. The 9/11 attacks and the subsequent U.S. war on terror created a new opportunity. Washington needed Beijing’s help, “and Beijing responded.” But thanks to the growth of international trade, this third phase of the relationship is much deeper than the first two. “With the advancement of globalization, both China and the United States are deeply involved with each other politically and economically.” The two countries are joined by “a new type of interdependence, which generates its own force propelling relations forward.” We have every reason to believe that “this new wave of China-U.S. ties is heading in a positive direction for the long term.”

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