CHINA CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY WORLD STUDIES

On the afternoon of 20th March, CCCWS Deputy Director-General Dr. Hu Hao held discussions with Mr. David Sedney, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense of the US, on issues such as the American attitude towards the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the American state security strategy, the global security situation, China-US and Russia-US relations.

CCCWS Deputy Director-General Dr. Hu Hao holds discussions with Mr. David Sedney, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense of the US.

Mr. Sedney says that the US government has made a big mistake by refusing to join the AIIB and opposing its allies to join. In the past, the US had been urging China to join the international institutions like WTO, and urging and assisting China to join the international atomic energy and nuclear institutions and so on. Although such actions had been opposed by some Americans since they thought those had nothing to do with the American interests, the US still insisted doing so. In a similar way, when China establishes the international institutions such as the AIID, the US should not resist it, it should firstly accept it and then constantly improve it, so as to make it really play a role. There are people both inside and outside the US government who agree with him. China is not a threat to the US. The US and China should try their best to establish some ways for cooperation, which is conducive for both sides, since the two countries are faced with the same threats and challenges.

Dr. Hu Hao believes that Russia is deeply concerned with its own territory. The US and Russia should establish political mutual trust, otherwise we can not have real peace in the world.

Also present at the discussions are CCCWS Research Fellow Mou Hong, Associate Research Fellow Zhao Minghao, Assistant Researcher Nie Shengquan; and Anne Sherman, Research Assistant, and Thena Lee, Government Relations and Partnership Coordinator of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center.