Sino-US ties pragmatic: Think tank

A new "pragmatic" tone is advancing the relationship between the US and China, promising a possible win-win situation for the countries, said John Milligan-Whyte, chairman of a prominent US think tank during an interview with China Daily.

"Conventional American foreign policy and defense strategy is in crisis and if the US reiterates the same mindset and strategies, it will not be able to solve the problems America has," said Milligan-Whyte, head of the Center for America China Partnership, one of the first think tanks to combine US and Chinese perspectives.

He said there needs to be, and is, "a major difference" in US foreign policy, stressing that since President Barack Obama took office this year, the tone of the US-China partnership has been "pragmatic".