国内英语资讯:Feature: U.S. dignitaries say U.S., China must keep good relations to benefit world_时事

国内英语资讯:Feature: U.S. dignitaries say U.S., China must keep good relations to benefit world

HOUSTON, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The United States and China, two major countries in the world today, must keep good relations and strengthen their win-win cooperation as this will not only benefit the two countries, but also the whole world, some well-known Americans has said.

Charles Foster, chairman of U.S.-China Partnership and former chairman of Asia Society Texas Center, Chase Untermeyer, former U.S. Ambassador to Qatar, and Neil Bush, the son and private representative to former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, shared the view that the U.S.-China relations are the most important one in the world.

In their interviews with Xinhua on Friday on the sideline of the 10th National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC) in Houston, Texas, the U.S. dignitaries said such relations will have significant impacts on the two countries and the world as a whole.

"Meetings between the heads of state of China and the United States have always played a critical role in defining and maintaining this important bilateral relationship, no more so than today after a very bumpy start by President Donald Trump," Foster said.

"Chinese President Xi Jinping's meeting with President Trump indicates that both recognize the critical need to support and reinvigorate our most important bilateral relationship," he said.

From his point of view, Houston has played a greater role in U.S.-China policy than one might recognize.

"The world saw the iconic photo in 1979 when paramount Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping during his historic visit put on a 10-gallon Stetson hat at the Simonton Rodeo east of Houston, evidencing the huge change in U.S.-China relations," Foster said.