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| Authors: | Carla A. Hills, Co-Chairman; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company Dennis C. Blair, Former Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Command |
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April 26, 2007
International Herald Tribune
The relationship between the United States and China will shape the future of the planet in the 21st century. In key areas—economic growth, regional security, counter-terrorism, nonproliferation, human rights, public health and the environment—a close, candid and cooperative relationship with China offers the United States a chance to make significant progress on its global agenda. Indeed, the core international public policy challenges confronting the United States can best be managed with China’s constructive participation.
Yet at a time when U.S.-China relations offer great opportunity, the consensus behind 35 years of engagement with China is fraying. Moreover, the undeniable challenges posed by an ascendant China come at a time when the president and Congress are concentrating on a global campaign against terrorism and when the United States is carrying the burdens of major military and political commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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