日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
World
Home / World / China-US

Light still shines for improved China-US ties

By MAY ZHOU in Houston, Texas | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2020-05-22 07:29
Share
Share - WeChat
National flags of China and the US are hung up on the lamp posts in front of the Tian'anmen Rostrum. [Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]

Foundation chief says current conflict obscures benefits of working together

When it comes to China's current relationship with the United States, China expert David Firestein could not help but point out how much it had deteriorated.

"It's really a tough time right now to talk about any notion of cooperation even though I believe working together on something like COVID-19 is far preferable to going it alone," said Firestein, president and CEO of the George H.W. Bush Foundation for US-China Relations.

He said the very idea that the two countries ought to work together to deal with COVID-19 had become controversial in the US.

"Chinese President Xi Jinping made the point in a recent address to the World Health Assembly that we have a common challenge and we ought to work together on such matters as vaccine development and cushioning the impact of COVID-19 on the developing world, which has yet to bear the pandemic's full brunt," he said. "Such proposals used to be viewed as sensible, moderate and pragmatic."

Firestein said that view is not shared at the federal level and "represents a very sad state of affairs because we miss opportunities to work together, to actually make a positive difference with respect to COVID-19. That's very shortsighted and very unfortunate."

Despite the tension and rhetoric at the highest levels of government, Firestein sees positive exchanges continuing to happen at the subnational levels-between states and provinces, between Chinese and US cities, and within the private and nonprofit sectors.

"There are still some spheres of functional and valuable engagement between the two countries," he said.

When the novel coronavirus broke out in China in January, the foundation quickly formed the US-China Coronavirus Action Network to procure personal protection equipment to help the Chinese people fight the virus.

When the pandemic hit the US hard, the foundation shifted gears and used its network to bring large quantities of China-sourced masks to Texas, New York and other US states.

"We at the foundation continue to do what we can to support the development, or at least maintenance of, a functional and pragmatic relationship between the United States and China," Firestein said.

"We do what we can to try to make a positive difference in people's lives. That spirit animates our work."

Firestein said that people the foundation works with are often grateful to the people of China for making equipment available on a charitable basis. The Chinese people are reciprocating the goodwill earlier shown by the US people toward China.

He believes that the US is better off having a functional relationship with China.

"It's in America's interest to have a relationship with China that is not dysfunctional, one in which we can work together on a host of global issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic, other major global health issues, climate change, issues related to the developing world, political and military issues, such as the Korean Peninsula nuclear situation, and others.

"I think the greater likelihood of success for the US and the world on any of these issues is generated when the US and China, among others, work together in a common cause to deal with common challenges," he said.

Firestein pointed out that in the US there is still a desire in some corners to engage and work together.

"The scientific community continues to want to collaborate, for example, on the sharing of best practices for dealing with COVID-19 and developing a vaccine for the virus. There are a lot of things that can be done, and that I think will have to be done, at the subnational level for the foreseeable future."

Speaking about the bleak outlook in the near term for US-China relations, Firestein said, "I'm not sure I see any light at the end of the tunnel at this point-but I intend to keep walking forward until I do."

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: wwwwww日本 | 国产精品日本一区二区在线播放 | 久草视频大全 | 澳门av | 亚洲日本久久久午夜精品 | 国产扩阴视频 | 国产视频资源在线观看 | 无线日本视频精品 | 免费在线黄色电影 | 久久首页 | av在线一区二区三区 | 久久久久久天天夜夜天天 | 激情毛片 | 婷婷色九月综合激情丁香 | 91seseav| av 一区二区三区 | 日本免费不卡在线一区二区三区 | 国产日产亚洲欧美综合另类 | 毛片免费在线 | 99久久精品国产自免费 | 97色在线 | 日韩艹| 亚洲午夜在线 | 星际迷航4 | 日韩黄色一级大片 | 欧美日韩有码 | 国产精品99久久久久久www | 九九热精品在线视频 | 国产精品区一区二区三 | 国产日韩在线观看一区 | www.蜜臀| 一级爱一级做a性视频 | 婷婷开心六月久久综合丁香 | 99久久精品免费看国产一区二区 | 99精品在线观看 | 日韩不卡高清 | 国产精品久久久久久久久久久新郎 | 久热久热| 日韩在线观看网站 | 5060午夜网| 亚洲第五色综合网 |