EU should urge US to stop distrusting China

In recent years, China has responded positively to appeals of shouldering more international responsibilities. Even the communique issued after the recent Fifth Plenum of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee, which was held mainly to hammer out the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), said China would shoulder more global responsibilities.

Still, some countries are not ready to accept China in its new role. For example, the United States is not really serious about seeing China play a bigger role on the global stage.

Shortly after President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to the US in September, Washington said the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement excludes China and it doesn't want Beijing to help write the international trade rules. Worse, the US sent a naval vessel in the waters close to China's islands in the South China Sea, which sparked security concerns in the region.