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China's Search for Stability With America

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No country can affect China's fortunes more directly than the United States. Many potential flashpoints -- such as Taiwan, Japan, and North Korea -- remain, and true friendship between Washington and Beijing is unlikely. But their interests have grown so intertwined that cooperation is the best way to serve both countries.

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Submitted by Yu H. (Mar. 19, 2009) on March 19, 2009 - 9:40pm.

"There will never be permanent friends,but interests."The government in every county always deal with their diplamatic stategy flexably.In the long term,the friendly relationship betwen US and China is wise,and both of them become more independent with the other as the globalisation deepennig.

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