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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R2) and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (R1) attend the U.S.-China high-level strategic dialogue in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., March 18, 2021. /AP
Freeing Meng Wanzhou is in best interests of U.S., China and Canada
The time has come for Canada to free Meng Wanzhou
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou arrives at the Supreme Court to attend her extradition hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 1, 2021. /CFP
Many in the world would agree with the assessment of the Harvard Kennedy School that support for the Communist Party of China (CPC) among the 1.4 billion Chinese grew from 86.1 percent in 2003 to 93.1 percent in 2016, Mahbubani said, calling on Washington to understand and respect that fact.
The Biden administration should acknowledge Trump's failure on China and "chart an alternative path toward Beijing," he said. The administration should press the "pause" button on the geopolitical contest with China, "give a quiet wink to the Canadian government" to release Meng Wanzhou, develop a realistic understanding of China and stop insulting it, he added.
It would be a big mistake for the U.S. to underestimate China and view their ties with arrogance, Mahbubani stressed.
"At the end of the day, what most of humanity would like to see is a rational understanding and a rational discourse between the world's two leading powers, America and China," he wrote.
Face-to-face dialogue in Alaska
Last month, senior Chinese and American officials met face to face for the first time after Biden took office.
Senior Chinese diplomats Yang Jiechi (R) and Wang Yi meet the media following the end of the high-level strategic dialogue with the United States in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., March 19, 2021. /Xinhua
Yang told reporters after the two-day event that the dialogue was
candid, constructive and helpful
, though there are still some important differences between the two sides.
China will firmly safeguard its national sovereignty, security and development interests, and China's development and growth is unstoppable, he stressed.
The two countries should handle their relations in the spirit of non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation, so as to move forward the bilateral relationship on a sound and stable track.
Dialogue is better than confrontation, Wang said, adding that China made it clear to the Americans that sovereignty is a matter of principle and they should not underestimate China's determination to defend it.