Ambassador Lv writes that mutual trust needs to be further developed between China and United States, and that grander efforts must be made to promote a new-type of major power relationship.

Most global citizens are well aware of the explosive growth of the Chinese economy. While China watchers have shed much light on the country's internal dynamics--China's politics, its vast social changes, and its economic development--few have focused on how this increasingly powerful nation has become more active and assertive throughout the world.

Outgoing Chinese President Hu Jintao and incoming President Xi Jinping have both used the phrase "a new type of major power relationship" to describe their hopes for the future of US-China relations.

Throughout history, the rise of a new power has been attended by uncertainty and anxieties. Often, though not always, violent conflict has followed. As Thucydid

A Senior Fellow at the EastWest Institute analyzes the past, present and future of “Great Power Politics” in Asia.

China’s mission is for peaceful development towards a harmonious world. This cannot be accomplished without healthy and stable relations between major countries, especially between China and the US.

Norm Coleman, Clyde Prestowitz, Douglas Paal, and Zhu Feng weigh in on the significance of the third joint meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue.

The meeting of the “BRICS” leaders is intriguing to observe the changing dynamics of the new world order, a world in which the US finds itself as more of an “observer” than the dominant player it once was.

What kind of relationship will China and the United States have in ten years? Will it be primarily cooperative and collaborative in the face of the foreseeable – and unforeseeable – challenges the world will face? Or will the two countries drift toward strategic rivalry and hostile competition?