Sino-US ties face new challenges
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Obama">Obama</span> <span word="administration">administration</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="build">build</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="broad">broad</span> <span word="partnership">partnership</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Barack">Barack</span> <span word="Obama">Obama</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="successor">successor</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reality">reality</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="competition">competition</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="outweighed">outweighed</span> <span word="cooperation">cooperation</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Sino">Sino</span>-<span word="US">US</span> <span word="ties">ties</span>.</p><p><span word="Therefore">Therefore</span>, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="leading">leading</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="argue">argue</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Washington">Washington</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="manage">manage</span> <span word="competition">competition</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="expanding">expanding</span> <span word="cooperation">cooperation</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="relationship">relationship</span> <span word="heading">heading</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="direction">direction</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="three">three</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="a">a</span>-<span word="half">half</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="witnessed">witnessed</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="unprecedented">unprecedented</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="high">high</span>-<span word="level">level</span> <span word="exchanges">exchanges</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="officials">officials</span>, <span word="including">including</span> 12 <span word="meetings">meetings</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Hu">Hu</span> <span word="Jintao">Jintao</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Obama">Obama</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="Strategic">Strategic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Economic">Economic</span> <span word="Dialogues">Dialogues</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Joint">Joint</span> <span word="Commission">Commission</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Commerce">Commerce</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Trade">Trade</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="exchanges">exchanges</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="addition">addition</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="economies">economies</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="together">together</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="series">series</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="regional">regional</span> <span word="issues">issues</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span>, <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="security">security</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="despite">despite</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="communication">communication</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cooperation">cooperation</span>, <span word="strategic">strategic</span> <span word="mistrust">mistrust</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="growing">growing</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="disputes">disputes</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="regard">regard</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="competitor">competitor</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="partner">partner</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="PEW">PEW</span> <span word="Research">Research</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="shows">shows</span> <span word="that">that</span> 66 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="general">general</span> <span word="public">public</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="majority">majority</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="expert">expert</span> <span word="groups">groups</span> (<span word="government">government</span>, <span word="military">military</span> <span word="retirees">retirees</span>, <span word="business">business</span>, <span word="scholars">scholars</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="media">media</span>), <span word="said">said</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="competitor">competitor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>.</p><p><span word="At">At</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="majority">majority</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="trust">trust</span> <span word="China">China</span>.</p>
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