On October 28, Professor Jessica Chen Weiss, Director of the Cornell Levinson China and Asia-Pacific Studies (CAPS) program, joined members of the U.S. strategic community for a discussion with the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, in Washington D.C., hosted by The Aspen Institute's Aspen Strategy Group.
Wang Yi stated that despite various differences and disputes between the U.S. and China, with many issues yet to be resolved, both sides believed that it is beneficial and necessary for the U.S. and China to maintain dialogue as two major countries.
Want Yi said the path to the San Francisco Summit between President Xi and President Biden is not smooth and cannot rely on "autopilot".
The participants agreed that a stable U.S.-China relationship is in the interests of both nations. U.S.-China cooperation has played and will continue to play a crucial role in solving international and regional hotspot issues.
The U.S. strategy group does not agree with the idea that "U.S.-China engagement has failed" and supports the two sides in resuming dialogue in various fields, promoting cooperation in economy, trade, science and technology, and facilitating personnel exchanges so that misunderstanding can be avoided through deepening communication and enhancing understanding.
The U.S. strategy group also had in-depth exchanges with Wang Yi on U.S.-China military exchanges, cooperation in finance, science and technology, and people-to-people and cultural exchanges, as well as China's investment environment, market access, Palestine-Israel conflict, and the Russia-Ukraine war.
