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"Sino-US relations are more important to the world today than they were when Nixon visited China" - CIIS' Xu Bu uses "history as a mirror" to learn from Nixon's historic visit how the bilateral relations can improve and remain stable over time.
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Last Monday marked 50 years to "the week that changed the world". For the occasion, Xu Bu, Sec-Gen of the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy and Pres of CIIS, a think-tank under the MFA, wrote a piece for the Party's theoretical publication Study Time:
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"First, we must follow mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation. Second, we must resist decoupling and transcend differences; we must end estrangement and build mutual trust; we must stop meddling (in others' internal affairs) and concentrate on cooperating
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"Third, we need to let go of the Cold War mentality, resolve ideological differences, and commit to cultural exchanges and mutual learning.
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"Fourth, we must improve personnel exchanges, mutual understanding, and the practice of seeking common ground while reserving differences, as well as lay a solid foundation for public opinion.
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"Fifth, we must remember that as major world powers, China and the United States bear special responsibilities for global peace, stability, and development."
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Link: mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzAxNj…