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Brzezinski praises notion of harmony
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January 14, 2009, Wednesday
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THE United States and China should broaden their cooperation, and China's notion of a "harmonious world" would be a good platform for US-China cooperation, former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski said in Beijing yesterday.
"Thirty years ago, we had a common threat in the Soviet Union and therefore we had a strategic interest in coming together. Today we have a common interest in preventing massive instability and conflict in the world" and making the world function within a restructured international system, he said.
"That's a new common interest," he said.
Brzezinski was in Beijing for a series of events that began on Monday to mark the 30th anniversary of China-US diplomatic relations.
"The notion of harmony, which China proposed, is exactly the right response to the danger of a clash of civilizations," Brzezinski said. He emphasized that the concept of harmony was the only way to have a "decently stable and increasingly just world."
The notion of a harmonious world was a very good way to achieve the peaceful co-existence of countries with different cultural backgrounds, he added.
As two major members of the international community, the US and China are seeing historical and even philosophical significance in their cooperation, Brzezinski said.
As to future US-China relations after President-elect Barack Obama is inaugurated on January 20, Brzezinski said the US-China relationship needs to be raised to a higher level.
"No doubt the financial crisis is pushing almost all countries to a direction of increasingly defensive policies. However, it, in the long run, proves not very constructive," he said.
"I would not link the possible strengthening protectionism tendency to President-elect Obama. That is happening anyway. Obama is much more international and more aware that in the 21st century we have to cooperate."
The People's Republic of China is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2009. When asked to comment on the country's development in recent years, Brzezinski said China was constructing something very new and different, which could not be described by a single word.
"A harmonious society" might be the best term for it, he said.
"Thirty years ago, we had a common threat in the Soviet Union and therefore we had a strategic interest in coming together. Today we have a common interest in preventing massive instability and conflict in the world" and making the world function within a restructured international system, he said.
"That's a new common interest," he said.
Brzezinski was in Beijing for a series of events that began on Monday to mark the 30th anniversary of China-US diplomatic relations.
"The notion of harmony, which China proposed, is exactly the right response to the danger of a clash of civilizations," Brzezinski said. He emphasized that the concept of harmony was the only way to have a "decently stable and increasingly just world."
The notion of a harmonious world was a very good way to achieve the peaceful co-existence of countries with different cultural backgrounds, he added.
As two major members of the international community, the US and China are seeing historical and even philosophical significance in their cooperation, Brzezinski said.
As to future US-China relations after President-elect Barack Obama is inaugurated on January 20, Brzezinski said the US-China relationship needs to be raised to a higher level.
"No doubt the financial crisis is pushing almost all countries to a direction of increasingly defensive policies. However, it, in the long run, proves not very constructive," he said.
"I would not link the possible strengthening protectionism tendency to President-elect Obama. That is happening anyway. Obama is much more international and more aware that in the 21st century we have to cooperate."
The People's Republic of China is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2009. When asked to comment on the country's development in recent years, Brzezinski said China was constructing something very new and different, which could not be described by a single word.
"A harmonious society" might be the best term for it, he said.
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