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Renowned scrolled painting Chinese tourists are unfazed by Domestic nuclear power group unrolled at the Palace Museum the yuan’s drop in global value seals agreement with Kenya > p13 > CHINA, PAGE 3 > LIFE, PAGE 7 WEDNESDAY, September 9, 2015 chinadailyusa.com $1 DIPLOMACY For Xi’s visit, mutual trust a must: expert Vogel says momentum in dialogue can best benefi t By REN QI in New York [email protected] The coming state visit of President The boost Xi Jinping to the US and his meeting with his US counterpart President of mutual Barack Obama will be a milestone and mutual trust will be the biggest issue trust may and may be the largest contribution Xi’s visit can make, said Ezra Vogel, a be the professor emeritus of the Asia Center at Harvard University. largest “The boost of mutual trust may be the largest contribution of Xi’s visit contribution of Xi’s visit to Sino-US relation,” Vogel said in to Sino-US relation.” an interview with Chinese media on Monday. “Xi had some connection Ezra Vogel, professor emeritus of the and established some friendship with Asia Center at Harvard University local residents in Iowa during his visit in 1985 and in 2012, and this is the spe- cial bridge between Xi and ordinary US people.” Security Advisor, visited Beijing in Vogel predicted the two leaders August and met with President Xi would talk about some big concerns, and other government offi cials. Rice such as Diaoyu Island, the South Chi- showed a positive attitude during na Sea, the environment and cyber- the visit, and expressed the wish to security. “The leaders talked about boost bilateral relations and enlarge environmental issues during their last cooperation. A new high meeting in Beijing, and I think they Vogel said Rice’s visit could be seen should carry on the subject,” he said. as a preparation for Xi’s state visit in Clockwise from top: Balloons are released in Potala Palace Square, Lhasa, on Tuesday during a grand celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the creation As America’s leading expert on Sino- September. Vogel, 85, pointed out that of the Tibet autonomous region; people from all walks of life attend the ceremony in Lhasa; dancers join a parade celebrating the anniversary. PURBU ZHAXI / XINHUA, US relations, Vogel admitted some dis- as the representative of Obama, Rice’s YAOHAIQUAN / FOR CHINA DAILY, TSEWANG / FOR CHINA DAILY See story > p3. agreements existed between the two trip showed that Xi’s visit meant a lot countries, among them cyber hacking to Sino-US relations. accusations and the South China Sea. Vogel, author of Deng Xiaoping He said it would be diffi cult for the and the Transformation of China, CINEMA two countries to reach agreement over noted that he disagrees with some these sensitive issues in such a short US scholars who said Xi has changed visit, so boosting mutual trust could the rules of game in China. He said be “the most important and most the basic policies of China have not Film honors Shanghai’s WWII shelter of Jews basic way” to make progress. been changed, as security and military Vogel said the two countries should development remain to be part of the By LI JING in New York not only build up mutual trust over policies. [email protected] issues of mutual concern, such as But what’s new is Xi’s policy of anti- military mutual trust mechanisms, corruption. “Xi has made a great con- The international community climate change and cyber security, tribution to China’s ongoing anti-cor- needs to know more about China’s but also strengthen the exchange of ruption campaign, and has received contributions and sacrifi ces in the opinions between China and the US the full support of ordinary Chinese war against fascism, said China’s con- Congress, and encourage US Con- people,” Vogel said. sul general in New York. gressmen to learn more about China. Vogel was glad to see that despite “People in the world, including He said the US government should existing disputes between China and people here in New York, know about have a more open attitude towards the US, Xi had maintained good rela- the history of World War II and the cooperation. “I think China may cor- tions with Obama, which is good for Holocaust, while few know that more rect direction over some international bilateral relations. Still, there can’t be European Jews had taken refuge in cooperation issues, for instance, Chi- a U-turn in China’s policy towards Shanghai than in any other city in na’s initiative of One Belt One Road the US in such a short time after the the world, when war broke out in and the establishment of the Asia visit, he said. 1939,” Zhang Qiyue, China’s consul Infrastructure Investment Bank,” he But Vogel predicted that due to the general in New York, said at the said. “The US government should take accurate and comprehensive under- screening of the 2002 documentary part in them, rather than contradict- standing of the current situation fi lm Shanghai Ghetto at Cinemas 123 ing, as the proposal could benefi t US that both leaders have, their meeting in New York on Tuesday night. “The itself.” would bring some surprises to the screening of the fi lm, as well as the Susan Rice, the US National world. exhibition and books on the history will allow people to know about the history.” The fi lm was shown to mark the Zhang Qiyue, China’s consul general (in red), attends screening of Shanghai Ghetto at Cinema 123 in New York on 70th anniversary of World War II’s Tuesday with (from left) Eric Yuan of the America China Public Aff airs Institute; Fred Teng, institute president; Kerry Summit can ‘clarify’ end and organized by the America Minchin; her husband Nick Minchin, Australia consul general in New York; and Alan Way of the institute. LI JING / CHINA DAILY China Public Affairs Institute, an By CHEN WEIHUA He cited the independent research organization to preserve prosperity.” Against odds such as language bar- Water-Starved World, said he was in Washington example of last specializing in US-China aff airs. In the late 1930s, German Jews riers, poverty, rampant disease and aware of the history of Jewish refu- [email protected] November’s sum- Zhang said that from 1933 to 1942, were trying to escape Nazi perse- isolation, the refugees were able to gees in Shanghai because some of his mit in Beijing Shanghai accepted more than 30,000 cution, but country after country make the transition from being sup- friends’ families lived there. The summit between President when the two Jewish refugees and hosted a large, closed its doors to them. The only ported by welfare agencies to estab- “The history sounds very extraor- Xi Jinping and President Barack sides reached vibrant community fl eeing persecu- place in the world that didn’t require lishing a functioning community. dinary,” Siegel said. “I think China is Obama gives them a chance to breakthroughs tion in Europe. entrance visas was the international Jewish cultural life flourished: one of the greatest countries in the clear the air on important issues Stapleton on climate “We remember history to call for city of Shanghai. Schools were established, newspa- world. It is an important story to haunting the bilateral relationship, Roy, former US change and mili- peace in the future,” Zhang said. Most of them were relocated in pers were published, theaters pro- tell about how China accepted and according to a former US ambas- ambassador to tary confidence- “Relations between the United States an area of approximately one square duced plays, and sports teams played. warmly welcomed people who were sador to China. China building, say- and China are the key to global sta- mile in the Hongkou district of Jap- “The fact that China was pleased in need,” he said. In Stapleton Roy’s view, issues ing nobody was bility, and to strengthen China-US anese-occupied Shanghai, known as with Jews and accepted refugees at The feature-length documentary, such as cybersecurity, the South anticipating such agreements. relations and to foster good relations the Restricted Sector for Stateless the time when Jews were not wel- narrated by Academy Award-winner China Sea and the recent stock Cui Tiankai, Chinese ambassa- is to preserve peace and stability and Refugees, or Shanghai Ghetto. come anywhere is very important Martin Landau, contains interviews market shocks in China that have dor to the US, told the press on for China-Israel relations,” said Amir with survivors and historians, rare spilled over to the US and other Sept 5 that Xi’s visit will be a suc- Sagie, deputy consul general of Israel letters, stock footage and photos of countries should be on the agenda. cess and produce fruitful results. in New York. modern Shanghai, where most of the But he suggested that many He said it will be a “pleasant sur- In the news He said China was never anti- Jewish ghetto remains unchanged. other important issues that will prise when made public”. Semitic, neither a century ago or in The film tells of their relation- be addressed constructively by the While noting the increasing modern times. “This is the funda- ships with the local Chinese and two leaders have not got nearly rivalry between the two countries, BUSINESS mental part of our relations with with the occupying Japanese Army; enough attention. He was mostly Roy said the mechanisms for dis- Currency stance China, and we cherish very much the attempts of the American Jewish referring to the news media, which cussing issues from the top down the memories,” Sagie said.
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