Bury outdated mentality

As expected, the meeting between President Hu Jintao and his US counterpart Barack Obama in Washington on Wednesday has drawn widespread attention from the two countries and the rest of the world.

To usher in a bright future for the world's most important bilateral relations, the two leaders should seize the opportunity to set the tone for their ties in the coming years.

Bearing in mind that China-US ties now go beyond bilateral boundaries and have assumed global significance, the two leaders should send positive signals to the rest of the world that they will work more closely together and jointly contribute to world peace and development.