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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) — Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, met with Harvard University professor Graham Allison in Beijing on Wednesday.
During the meeting, Wang Yi noted that the Chinese adhere to the concept of “harmony without uniformity,” which is fundamentally different from Western thinking in the spirit of “zero-sum games” and implies harmonious coexistence based on recognition and respect for mutual differences, the formation and expansion of common interests between countries.
What China and the United States need to do now is build a new narrative that will govern future interactions between the two major powers, he said.
Wang Yi said the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation proposed by President Xi Jinping serve as the fundamental guideline for China in its relations with the United States. He hoped that the U.S. side would work with China to resolve the fundamental issue of mutual perception, so as to set the tone for bilateral relations and find the right path of coexistence under the guidance of the three principles.
“We hope that clear-minded people in American society will play an active role in shaping an objective and positive perception of China in the country and promoting normal exchanges between the two countries,” Wang added.
G. Allison, in turn, noted that the concept of “harmony without uniformity” has in common with respect for diversity, which is valued in the United States, and both sides must find strategic positioning for coexistence in order to avoid falling into the “Thucydides trap.”
The United States and China should establish a new principled framework for the future development of bilateral relations, taking mutual respect as a possible primary principle, the professor said. He expressed his willingness to make new contributions to promoting contacts and exchanges between the two sides and ensuring the stable development of interstate relations. -0-