Building on Deng's US policy

China Forum | Yu Sui

Mutual respect was the prerequisite for normalizing relations and is the keystone for the new model the two have pledged to build

August 22 marks the 110th anniversary of the birth of Deng Xiaoping. While Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai are the undisputable founders of China-US relations in the modern era, Deng was an energetic pioneer and his ideas and propositions on relations with the United States are still being carried forward by China's leaders today.