For China nowadays, North Korea is important for strategic, not ideological, reasons.

China wants to win the hearts and minds of the Taiwanese people, so in the past few months they have said very little about reunification.

Bird flu has suddenly become a global concern. It’s clear that how Beijing controls it will affect their international image.

The Chinese people have showed more interest in international situation as a result of China’s ascending status and fast economic growth.

The United States is worried about China’s military build-up and energy diplomacy.

The Chinese government and the Chinese public will think this kind of event is unfortunate, and think the U.S. government should take some responsibility for security arrangements and letting the protester in.

U.S. worries about China will still grow. China can try to make the United States feel at ease, but it’s all doubtful from the U.S. viewpoint. Some issues cannot be resolved at all at this...

The two sides will need to address their `strategic suspicions,’

Among policymakers in China, many believe that while Pyongyang is 60 percent or 70 percent responsible for the current crisis, Washington’s share is 30 percent to 40% percent,

We have never before seen so much economic competition, and we have never seen American officials at such senior levels express concern about China’s military buildup,

The U.S. has to do its part in defusing the crisis,

Both sides have made a lot of nice speeches in recent months. But they have not taken substantial steps to really deal with concrete disputes.

China doesn’t want to offend Iran, but it also certainly doesn’t want to hurt relations with the United States, either. It’s a real dilemma and a test.

China wants to strengthen its ties with North Korea, and to reassure North Korea that China considers it an important neighbor.

In the future, China will provide more international public goods in many areas.