Like the original creation of the American Dream, the Chinese Dream has been utilized institutionally to show that anything is possible for the average individual, with the right amount of drive and hard work. Over time, the American Dream has become driven more by the material signifiers of a house and car. China must nurture a more balanced dream to avoid the emphasis on materialism.

The “New Type of Great Power Relations” enables China to establish a code of conduct to protect its core interests, but the U.S. has not completely adopted it out of protection of its own geopolitical allies. For greater endorsement China should advance the interests of smaller nations in the Asia-Pacific, and the U.S. should move beyond its Cold War, realist mentality.

On October 24, 21 Asian nations signed a memorandum to form a new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, to be drawn on considerable Chinese funds. Behind the sc

Let us take it as a given that the post-1945 world order with the United States as dominant nation has begun to unravel, that China is rising to inherit the earth, that the unease of our times has much to do with that difficult transition

Scholars have compared the American Dream and Chinese Dream, even encouraging China to avoid following in the footsteps of the American Dream. However, with all the nuances to the American Dream, China can learn from it and apply it to realize its own Chinese Dream.

China-US relations, one of the most prominent bilateral relationships in the world, are set for further development. As a rising power, China still faces many issues internally and externally. What position will China take in the Sino-US relationship? How will China grow to become another "superpower?" And what will the international system look like in the future? Fareed Zakaria (Zakaria), a renowned journalist specializing in international relations and the host of CNN's popular show Fareed Zakaria GPS, shared his ideas in an interview with Global Times (GT) reporter Liu Zhun.

This is a crucial moment for Sino-U.S. relations, as heated debates about the future of this relationship rage in both countries -- debates characterized by downright pessimism, with only a sliver of optimism.

In a speech delivered at the Tokyo Institute of Technology on April 15th, US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke of America’s “Pacific Dream”. However, a looming question remained. What does the “Pacific Dream” of the US mean for Xi Jinping's China dream?

While the American Dream is often portrayed through cinema, music and speeches in America, Qin Xiaoying describes how Xi Jinping has reasserted the Chinese Dream and incorporated the desire to shed an oppressive history into a collective movement for the nation.

China is fully aware that a peaceful and stable Middle East is in the interest of the people in the region as well as the interest of the international community. This understanding is the starting point on which China bases its treatment of the Middle East issues.