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China must ‘think of strategic bottom line’ in relations with US, expert says
- International relations scholar also calls for Beijing to ‘make effective preparations to firmly take the initiative in times of major crisis and challenge’
- He was speaking at an event in Shanghai marking the 50th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s visit to China
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China needs to consider its “strategic bottom line” in its relationship with the United States and be prepared for challenges, a prominent international relations expert says.
“We must see the internal and external changes as we seek to safeguard US-China ties,” said Yang Jiemian, president of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies.
“[We must] rid ourselves of wishful thinking, and prepare for multiple scenarios. [We] especially need to think of the strategic bottom line and make effective preparations so that we can firmly take the initiative in times of major crisis and challenge,” said Yang, whose elder brother Yang Jiechi is the Communist Party’s top diplomat and a Politburo member.
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Yang Jiemian made the remarks on Tuesday during a panel discussion in Shanghai attended by around a dozen top Chinese international relations scholars.
He did not elaborate on what he meant by “strategic bottom line” or what preparations China should make, according to a summary of remarks from the event released on Wednesday.
It was one of the events being held in the city to mark 50 years since Richard Nixon’s visit to China and the release of the Shanghai Communique – stating the two sides’ intention to normalise relations – at the end of that trip on February 28, 1972.
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