"If we treated China as an enemy, we were guaranteeing a future enemy. If we treated China as a friend, we kept open the possibility of a more peaceful future."

Joseph Nye Jr, a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and a former assistant secretary of defense, warns that the US rebalancing toward Asia must not be aggressive and should make sure China does not feel encircled or endangered in a column for The New York Times last month.

(China Daily 03/01/2013 page2)