Meet heralds new type of ties(2)

"We have to look at what the world will look like five or 10 years from now. Danger has always been there. The established superpower has been reluctant to share with the rising superpower. We have to avoid confrontation or conflict," Stanley Rosen, a political science professor at the University of Southern California, told the Global Times.

Zheng said that the new relationship should be established on the basis of "equality, mutual trust, inclusiveness, mutual learning and win-win cooperation."

Tao Wenzhao, a researcher with the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said it is not going to be easy to foster a new kind of relationship, given the reality of US politics. "But times have changed. The respective interests of China and the US as well as regional and global peace, stability and prosperity all require the development of such ties," Tao said.

Douglas Paal, vice president for studies at Washington DC-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, told the Global Times, "There is competition and cooperation, and we have different dreams. But recently, competition has outpaced cooperation."

The US pivot to Asia has raised suspicions in China over Washington's real intentions behind the move. Meanwhile, the US has also shown growing anxiety toward China's military and economic might.

Paal called for "a constructive agenda for governments to pursue and to out compete our competitive instincts."

"The two sides have their respective core interests. Developing a new inter-power relationship wouldn't have them compromise on their core interests but to find common grounds," said Ruan Zongze, a deputy director of the China Institute of International Studies, adding that the new model wouldn't be accomplished in one step but to be gradually expanded.