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China’s Future–and Our Own

Hearing on China’s Rise: The Strategic Impact of Its Economic and Military Growth

<p>The People&#8217;s Republic of China flag and the U.S. Stars and Stripes fly on a lamp post along Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC.</p>
The People’s Republic of China flag and the U.S. Stars and Stripes fly on a lamp post along Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. Hyungwon Kang /Reuters

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  • Jerome A. Cohen
    Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies

In his testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Jerome A. Cohen argues that China would benefit at home and abroad by demonstrating increasing respect rule of law, while the United States, by striving harder to set a good example, could do much to improve not only its own society but also its standing in China and the world.