Orville Schell, director of the Center on US-China Relations at the Asia Society, said if the idea expressed last year at the Sunnylands meeting of seeking to establish some kind of “a new model of big power relations” is ever to be made real, it will be necessary for both sides to set aside some of the historical suspiciousness with which they have approached each other.
“Indeed, there were moments during the past three decades when we did succeed in doing so, but it will now take real leadership, even a little innovative risk taking, for our two presidents to do so anew,” Schell said.
“But, if they fail, the world will then also fail in resolving a range of critical global problems such as nuclear proliferation, climate change, pandemics and other challenges that can only be met multilaterally.”
via Xi says China strengthens its nuclear security system|Top News|chinadaily.com.cn.