Pivot at center
The "pivot" was among the major foreign-policy initiatives of Obama's first term, highlighting a US strategy to assert military might in the Asia-Pacific region. Some experts see the policy as a means of balancing China's influence there.
The Obama aide, who served as assistant secretary of state for public affairs under former president Bill Clinton, said he disagreed with the view that China's rise inevitably will create conflicts between the two countries. The US welcomes a "peaceful, prosperous" China, Donilon said in his speech.
"We do not want our relationship to become defined by rivalry and confrontation," he said. "And I disagree with the premise put forward by some historians and theorists that a rising power and an established power are somehow destined for conflict." On Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said China welcomes Donilon's positive remarks on the Sino-US relationship.
She said the relationship is at an important phase and China hopes to enhance coordination and cooperation with the US in all areas.
The two countries should "respect and take care of each other's core interests and major concerns" and build up a new type of big-power relationship based on mutual respect and cooperation that aims at a win-win result, Hua said.
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