Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng on April 19 visited the Fairbank Center for China Studies at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, where he had an in-depth discussion on China-U.S. relations with experts and scholars. The following edited excerpts of his views are taken from the official website of the Chinese Embassy in the U.S.:
To know the real China, one needs to have a comprehensive understanding of China’s history and culture, the character of the Chinese civilization and the essence of key Chinese concepts. That enables one to know where China is coming from and where it is headed. Chinese culture provides many insights for successfully navigating the “Thucydides Trap.”
(The Thucydides Trap is an international relations concept where the rise of a new power instills fear in an…
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Beijing Review (Digital) - 1 Issue, Vol.67/No.18