China, US have more in common than what divides them: Neil Bush
By
Zhang Mengxu, People’s Daily
Some
US politician is putting trade barriers on as a political weapon
to bully countries into doing what he is demanding, said Neil Bush, son
of former United States president George H.W. Bush.
The
US and China have so much in common than what divides the two countries, Bush,
who is Founder and Chairman of George H.W. Bush Foundation for US-China
relations, said in an interview with People’s Daily.
There
are issues that need to be addressed in the US-China relations including the
problem of intellectual property. Bush said China is becoming more and more
mature in all aspects, intellectual property protection
is a high priority for the Chinese government and is moving forward very
steadily, the problem will be solved over time, and it will not be solved by imposing
tariffs. His advice to these issues is that both sides should deal with them
through diplomatic channels, rather than the current way of hitting China over
the head with a jackhammer.
China
has risen to the second largest economy in the world. It’s been a weird
phenomenon in the US politics today that blasting China is a way to get
political points, Bush noted.
It
shows a flaw in the US democracy, where politicians dare not to do the right
things, but just say whatever it takes to get people to support them and
brainwash people into accepting the underlying thesis that China is a problem
for the US, he added.
There
is a wave of skepticism that is being infiltrated to the US population because
of misinformation about China. In fact, those people are haunted by a supremacy
mentality, blaming China for the domestic problems in the US, Bush pointed out.
There
are people in political power who have an America supremacy type mentality that
the US has to be the biggest and the best. They hold the wrong view that
China’s rise represented a threat to the US’ economy and national security, he
said.
There
is no doubt that the forty years of bilateral ties have been hugely beneficial
to both sides, said Bush. He further explained that the US’ GDP has grown
dramatically in the past forty years thanks to the globalization and the
development of relationship with China. At the same time, China witnessed a
fast growth in its economy.
“We are facing
a very challenging time right now,” said Bush. He said he will work as chairman
of this organization to help Americans understand the truth about China and the
benefits in mutually gain from our bilateral relationship. “The US-China
relations is not a zero-sum game. Cooperation between the
two countries is the only correct choice.”
China, US have more in common than what divides them: Neil Bush
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