US and China both looking for respect, says former assistant secretary of state David Stilwell | South China Morning Post

A former senior Washington official has said the United States and China must build mutual respect if they are to engage effectively. " We can't really fix the high-level relationship until we get over these basic issues of trust and understanding [between the two countries]," David Stilwell, who stepped down as assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific Affairs earlier this year, told a recent East-West Centre China Seminar talk. He added that when two countries engage , their differences can appear less stark. "We actually have some things in common and that becomes the basis for further…