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(by Lu Jin and Liu Yunfei)(by Lu Jin and Liu Yunfei)(by Lu Jin and Liu Yunfei)(by Lu Jin and Liu Yunfei)
BEIJING, November 9 (Xinhua) -- In the wake of Chinese President Jiang Zemin's
landmark state visit to the United States, Jiang and Boris Yeltsin will hold
their fifth summit after the Russian president arrives today.
In just 10 days, across the Pacific and the Eurasia, the two meetings of world
leaders have caught the eyes of nearly everyone.
The visits reflect the fact that China is improving and developing its relations
with the world's two major powers -- the United States and Russia.
The meetings also indicate that, in the background of profound changes in the
international situation, the three countries are working to reshape their
relations.
Moreover, their shared strategic interests -- maintaining world peace and their
own economic growth -- are stimulating the three countries to coordinate their
relations.
Commenting on the results of President Jiang's U.S. trip, Chinese Vice-Premier
and Foreign Minister Qian Qichen stated that as the world is developing toward
multipolarization in the post-Cold War days, China hopes all major countries can
establish a new pattern of relationships featuring non-mutual hostility andnon-
mutual confrontation.
"This kind of relationship will benefit world peace, stability and development,
and might well be considered as a new way of handling relations between major
countries," Qian said.
Cheng Ruisheng, deputy director-general of China's Center for International
Studies, said the development of the world situation in the post-Cold War period
once again proves that engaging in confrontation and conflict and seeking world
hegemonism run counter to historical trends and will go nowhere, and that
pursuing peace and promoting development are the best routes to the realization
of national interests.
Professor Chen Dezhao of the center said that major powers are gradually
improving their relations through many years of seeking answers, and current

2. relations between them are becoming more balanced, moving toward maturity, and
are seen as in a relatively stable state.
This favorable relationship between major powers reflects the trend of global
multipolarization, and will produce a positive impact on world peace and
development in the new century, he says.
In the post-Cold War period, common interests between China and the United
States have intensified rather than weakened. The two have become indispensable
trading partners, and the stable political relations will help expand bilateral
economic and trade cooperation.
During President Jiang's U.S. visit, China and the United States decided to
"build toward a constructive strategic partnership." As a result, Sino-U.S.
relations have made tangible progress in political, economic and trade issues.
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When Russian President Yeltsin visited China in April of 1996,the two countries
signed a joint statement declaring that the two sides would develop a strategic
and cooperative partnership of equality and trust oriented toward the 21st
century.
President Jiang paid a successful visit to Russia in April of1997, during which
Jiang and Yeltsin signed a joint statement on the multipolarization of the world
and the establishment of a new international order.
In Yeltsin's upcoming China visit, the two countries will issue another joint
statement and sign several cooperative agreements.
In addition to the regular meetings between the two heads of state, a similar
mechanism between prime ministers of the two countries was set in motion
beginning at the end of last year.
Local analysts say that the two partnerships -- China-U.S. and China-Russia --
have prominent characteristics in common: both are established on the basis of
mutual understanding and with a view toward the 21st century; both are moving
toward stability and forming a mechanism; the countries concerned strive for
multi-tiered and multi-dimensional cooperation, particularly in economic, trade,

3. scientific and technological areas; and they seek common ground on major issues
while reserving differences on minor ones.
Both Sino-U.S. and Sino-Russian relations have developed as they have because
the three countries approach their relationships with an eye on the new century
and by proceeding from the fundamental interests of their own people and the
people of theworld as a whole.
The current relationships between major powers stress cooperation and
consultation, and do not exclude each other. The progress of certain bilateral
relations will not harm the interests of any third party.
In this way, this pattern of partnerships is totally different from that during
the Cold War period.
Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov, commenting on the China-U.S. summit,
said Russia would like to see Sino-U.S. relationships improve, and believed that
it is a "factor of stability of the international situation."
He said the improvement of Sino-U.S. relations will not affect Russia-China
relations, because Russia has very good relationships with both China and the
United States. He expressed the hope that Russia's relationships with the two
countries will develop further.
Professor Xiong Zhiyong and associate professor Yang Chuang from the Foreign
Affairs College pointed out that the establishment of stable bilateral relations
between China and the U.S., between China and Russia and between Russia and the
U.S. will help shape a new international political and economic order.
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