Third, the cautious, or anxious. It seems these are the dominant sentiments of US think tanks towards China. Some express their concerns honestly about the development of US-China relationship, but they do not come to any extreme conclusions. Almost all the media and US think tanks were engaged in a heated debate about intention of China's construction in the South China Sea, although their biggest concern had nothing to do with the territorial issue - they were worried about whether China was trying to drive the US out of Asia. This group of people considered that all the issues about China could be magnified and politicized based on the fact that China is getting stronger and more influential in the world.

Multiple anxieties and contradictory mentalities direct the US attitude towards China in climate change, maritime search and rescue, global economic governance, and regional infrastructure construction - sometimes supportive, sometimes suspicious, and sometimes interruptive. For instance, the US attitude to the "One Belt and One Road" and the AIIB has been hard to fathom.

No two major powers have ever built an equal and respectful relationship through negotiations and without a war. Is the US still hoping to maintain its leadership role? Is it possible that US anxiety about leadership results from its failure to adjust to the changes in the world and its own current position?

The fact is, no other country, including China, is challenging US leadership, but the United States should learn to say goodbye to its old ideas and habits, overcome the inclusiveness deficiency of the "security order" it claimed, and join in building a new world order of shared responsibilities together with other nations, as Dr. Henry Kissenger proposed.

The reason President Xi Jinping has proposed "a new relationship between China and the US" is in the hope of avoiding any confrontation and conflict between the two countries, and building a road to cooperation and win-win together.