August 8, 2020

The best way to honor General Scocroft is for both sides to work together to put China-US relations back on the right track despite current disturbances and difficulties, the Chinese Embassy in the US said on Saturday following the passing of General Brent Scowcroft, former US National Security Adviser to the President and old friend of the Chinese people, who made a great contribution to promote bilateral cooperation in difficult times.

The passing of Scowcroft shows that rational voices and individuals acting as bridges will be less in frequency in the US to ease confrontations as many US officials who held onto the bottom line to safeguard bilateral ties despite divergences have passed away, while the current administration loses its mind destroying the fruits of the two sides' efforts in cooperation and bilateral ties over the past four decades, analysts warned. 

General Scowcroft, a two-time US national security adviser for Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, died of natural causes at the age of 95 on Thursday at his home in Falls Church, media reported. 

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