Can the U.S. and China coexist as global superpowers?
The U.S.-China relationship is too big to fail. I’m cautiously hopeful that we will figure out a way to get along despite our substantial disagreements over issues such as the importance of a free press and national elections. One thing that makes the relationship between the two countries so tricky, though, is the two-sided, love-hate relationship between them. Americans too often swing from unrealistic hopes to exaggerated fears of China, while Chinese views of the U.S. also have alternated between admiration and anger. Q: How are the U.S. and China similar? A: China and the U.S. are continent-sized countries seen by many as wanting to do things their own way, symbolized by such issues as the death penalty. China’s current transformations, while unique in certain regards, parallel those that the United States is experiencing now – or experienced in the past. China is gearing up to host its first World’s Fair, and it has new trains and train routes that make headlines as marvels of en
