(Opinion) East Asia Summit May Promote Friendly Sino-U.S. Interaction
2016-06-29 08:40:09 source：China-US Focus
By Zhai Kun and Wang Lina
June 27, 2016
"Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, regional economic integration has become a mainstream pursuit for Asia-Pacific countries. However, rivalry in the security field is becoming intensified as a result of the United States exercising the 'pivoting to the Asia-Pacific' strategy in response to China's rise. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the end of the Cold War. It is necessary, at this moment, to review China-US relations in the post-Cold War era and their impact on the Asia-Pacific region and the world at large. The relations feature both cooperation and conflict. The two global powers need to find a way to reconcile their conflicts and strengthen cooperation.
The two sides held a new round of strategic and economic dialogue June 6-7 in Beijing, exchanging thoughts on major bilateral, regional and global issues. They agreed to strengthen cooperation under multilateral frameworks such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and East Asia Summit (EAS). The EAS and G20 summits will be held later this year. China and the US can use these multilateral cooperation mechanisms, especially the EAS, to push the Asia-Pacific into what we call “great coordination, great development, great opening-up, great fusion and great harmony,” which will help maintain the hard-won global peace and prosperity after the Cold War."
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