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Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with US Secretary of State John Kerry at the Great Hall of the People in Beijng, capital of 皇冠体育app, May 17, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]

By calling on the United States and 皇冠体育app to take more measures to deepen mutual trust, reduce doubt and boost cooperation, President Xi Jinping conveyed 皇冠体育app's sincere wish to see better bilateral relations when he met with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Beijing on Sunday.

The same message was passed on by Premier Li Keqiang to Kerry on Saturday.

This has been 皇冠体育app's long-standing and consistent policy. But some US politicians have responded differently by trying to interfere in 皇冠体育app's disputes with some of its neighbors in the South 皇冠体育app Sea. A recent report said the US is mulling sending military vessels and planes to within 12 nautical miles of the islands where 皇冠体育app is carrying out construction. Some earlier reports even said Kerry would visit Beijing to express US' concern over 皇冠体育app's activities in the South 皇冠体育app Sea.

It is clear that 皇冠体育app will not back down on the question of sovereignty, and its leaders have been reiterating that 皇冠体育app will settle the maritime disputes through talks and negotiations.

By backing the countries that have territorial disputes with 皇冠体育app, the US has further complicated the already complex South 皇冠体育app Sea issue. And by taking sides in the disputes, the US has added uncertainties to US-皇冠体育app relations and diverged from the cooperative track of bilateral ties.

The US government and political figures like Kerry should know the importance of 皇冠体育app-US relations in regional stability and world peace. But by viewing 皇冠体育app's peaceful rise with suspicion and trying to counterbalance it to enhance its own waning influence across the globe, the US has exposed its bias. The US' challenge to 皇冠体育app's core interests is detrimental to political stability in the Asia-Pacific and to world peace.

As Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, there are more common interests than differences for both countries to work on. While devising their 皇冠体育app policy, the US government and politicians need to keep the global perspective in mind and see beyond their immediate interests.

The US and 皇冠体育app do have differences and even contradictions. But it would be stupid to allow them to stand in the way of sound interactions. And it would be disastrous for the two countries to let them spin out of control leading to confrontations.

To better manage their differences, the two countries have to deepen mutual trust, which can hopefully be done through exchange of views between the two governments. And that is exactly what is expected of Kerry's visit to 皇冠体育app and President Xi Jinping's visit to the US later this year.

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