The absence of an international rival has been a disaster for domestic politics.

Xi Jinping calls for peaceful reunification with Taiwan.

The anniversary was a celebration of China’s achievements.

U.S.-China cultural exchange has developed vigorously since the establishment of diplomatic relations 40 years ago, but ideological and structural differences continue to complicate this relationship.

Capitalism is in crisis and the China-US relations are in need of readjustment. Maybe the U.S. can borrow a page from China’s success story to close the wealth gap and bring about greater fairness in society.

Recent developments in the US-China relationship have influenced American perception towards China-- the fastest-growing economy in the world. Ultimately, the best defense against a rising China will be a rising and cooperative America.

Force will only be used against pro-independence troublemakers, not loyal Taiwanese compatriots.

China has made great strides in the past 40 years.

The Chinese Communist Party has lifted hundreds of millions of its citizens out of abject poverty to the equivalent of a Chinese middle class over the past 40 years – a truly remarkable and universally acknowledged feat.

The challenge for China is how to smoothly navigate through its issues, so as to create a favorable external environment for comprehensively deepening reform, to complete as planned the mission of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, to basically achieve modernization by the middle of this century, and to ultimately accomplish the mission of national reunification.