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US doesn't want to halt China's rise, says Clinton
PTI
Washington, April 12, 2012
Asserting that the US is not seeking to act in conflict with a rising China, secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said her country is preparing for new security challenges and not a cold war in Asia.
Denying that the US wanted to halt China's rise as an emerging power, Clinton said
just as the US is not losing old friends, it is not seeking new enemies.
"Today's China is not the Soviet Union. We are not on the brink of a new cold war in Asia," Clinton said.
"Geopolitics today cannot afford to be a zero-sum game. A thriving China is good for America and a thriving America is good for China, so long as we both thrive in a way that contributes to the regional and global good."
"Let me go one step further. We will only succeed in building a peaceful, prosperous Asia Pacific if we succeed in building an effective US-China relationship," Clinton said while delivering the Forrestal Lecture at the Naval Academy in Maryland.
Hillary Clinton said some emerging powers in Asia are acting as selective stakeholders, which she cautioned would not be beneficial to them in the long run.
"Some of today's emerging powers in Asia act as selective stakeholders, picking and choosing when to participate constructively and when to stand apart from the international system," Clinton said.
"While that may suit their interests in the short term, it will ultimately render the system that has helped them get to where they are today unworkable. That would end up impoverishing everyone," she said.
Clinton said that rising Asian powers - naming China, India and Indonesia - have been able to prosper thanks to an international system supported by the United States.
"These are norms that benefit everyone and that help all people and nations live and trade in peace. Those nations have benefited from the security it provides, the markets it opens, and the trust it fosters," Clinton said.
PTI
Washington, April 12, 2012
Asserting that the US is not seeking to act in conflict with a rising China, secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said her country is preparing for new security challenges and not a cold war in Asia.
Denying that the US wanted to halt China's rise as an emerging power, Clinton said
just as the US is not losing old friends, it is not seeking new enemies.
"Today's China is not the Soviet Union. We are not on the brink of a new cold war in Asia," Clinton said.
"Geopolitics today cannot afford to be a zero-sum game. A thriving China is good for America and a thriving America is good for China, so long as we both thrive in a way that contributes to the regional and global good."
"Let me go one step further. We will only succeed in building a peaceful, prosperous Asia Pacific if we succeed in building an effective US-China relationship," Clinton said while delivering the Forrestal Lecture at the Naval Academy in Maryland.
Hillary Clinton said some emerging powers in Asia are acting as selective stakeholders, which she cautioned would not be beneficial to them in the long run.
"Some of today's emerging powers in Asia act as selective stakeholders, picking and choosing when to participate constructively and when to stand apart from the international system," Clinton said.
"While that may suit their interests in the short term, it will ultimately render the system that has helped them get to where they are today unworkable. That would end up impoverishing everyone," she said.
Clinton said that rising Asian powers - naming China, India and Indonesia - have been able to prosper thanks to an international system supported by the United States.
"These are norms that benefit everyone and that help all people and nations live and trade in peace. Those nations have benefited from the security it provides, the markets it opens, and the trust it fosters," Clinton said.
