【变局·专栏4】美国使馆送我月饼，我回赠一本畅销书（中英双语）

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编者按：中国人民大学重阳金融研究院执行院长王文在《环球时报》英文版专栏“Wang Wen on Changing World”的第四篇专栏文章《当美国驻华大使馆送我月饼》于今日刊出，现将中英文内容转发如下：

今年中秋节，我收到了一份特殊礼物：美国驻华大使馆的三盒月饼。我与全院同事分享了这份美味点心，也由衷感谢送出礼品的这位美国资深外交官。过去几个月，我们之间有激烈斗争，也因斗争而成为朋友。

斗争源起于今年春季美国使馆没有任何理由地取消了我的赴美签证。此前我曾数十次访问美国，到过美国20多个州，长期负责一个中美人文交流的重大项目。但这些都不应是签证被取消的理由。

据了解，过去一年，中国至少有30位活跃学者的赴美签证被取消。《纽约时报》等大量美国媒体4月均专题详细报道此事，将其解读为“中美学术战争”，意指两国政府以取消对方活跃学者签证来打击对方。

我不同意这种说法。被阻止赴美的半年里，我多次在内部咨询会与公开文章中主张，中国不应、也没有必要取消美国学者来华签证，相反，我们应给予更多美国学者来华便利。当然，我也在许多场合批评特朗普政府对华政策，批评美国驻华大使馆的取消签证之举。

我的个人抗争取得效果。美国驻京多位外交官登门拜访我。我们还组织了内部交流会，邀请了数位中国知名学者与美国外交官的面对面沟通。我们有许多不同意见，争得面红耳赤，各自为国家利益而辩。不过，我们没有打架，而是都期待下次再交流。

有交流，总比没有交流更好。这是我们双方的共识，也是底线。这折射了新时代中美两国关系的新变化。基辛格博士说，中美关系回不到过去。我很同意，中美两国现在已是实力相对匹配的全球大国。中美都有各自优势，美国更强一些，但中国也不弱。

我比基辛格博士更乐观一些的观点是，中美关系也不会退回过去。“过去”指的是像美苏冷战那样的状态。美国有一批鹰派想对华发动冷战，但对美冷战回击的意图在中国没有市场，所谓“中美切割”也不太可能。两国有太多的利益、太多的人舍不得切割，更无法切割。特朗普总统对华贸易战以及各类对华压制是完全错误的，不过，我仍愿善意地理解他对中国的忌惮与收敛。

一个重要的证据是，他不断批评中国和他的前任。但他也不断强调习近平主席是伟大领导人，是他好友等等。他对中国经贸谈判团队也算较客气。我估测，聪明的特朗普总统一定为他家族留了一手，规划退休后特朗普集团在中国的生意。中国人常把这种行为叫“积阴德”。

对付类似美国总统，中国不会放弃捍卫核心利益。与过往不同的变化是，强大的中国对美国更善于斗争、更敢于斗争。同时，中国更善于合作，更敢于合作。

凯撒归凯撒，上帝归上帝。不必把对中美关系的观察过于聚焦在贸易摩擦上，其实，两国政府在朝鲜、芬太尼药品管控上仍有不少合作。两国军队近年来还有联合演习。日均70架飞机往返两国，没见哪条航线遭取消。所以，让斗争归斗争吧，合作则继续合作。

中美当下的确有不少风险，但斗而不破，竞合并行，肯定是未来中美关系的常态。不要风险恶化，每个人都有责任，尽己所能，做一些小事为防止恶化做些绵薄之力。在这点上，中美双方都需要一场社会心理的供给侧改革。

想到这里，我决定寄回一份中秋节礼物给这位美国资深外交官：我的新书《强国长征路》。这本书里记叙中国强起来须做的各项准备与未来不易。该书应能帮助美国人更了解新时代的中国。

以下为英文版：

What US embassy’s mooncake gift means

I received a special gift for the Mid-Autumn Festival this year:three boxes of mooncakes from the US Embassy in China.I shared the delicious dessert with my colleagues,and I appreciated the generosity of the senior US diplomat who sent me the gift.Over the past few months,we used to have heated arguments,but it was what that made us friends.

Our argument started this spring when the US embassy cancelled my visa to the US without giving an explanation.I had paid tens of visits to the US,had been to more than 20 US states and have been responsible for a major project on China-US people-to-people exchanges.But none of this justifies the cancellation of my visa.
In the past year,the US abruptly canceled visas of at least 30 Chinese scholars who actively engage in China-US academic exchanges.The New York Times and many other US media reported this in detail in April,interpreting it as a China-US academic war,meaning that the two governments attack each other by cancelling active scholars'visas.
I disagree with such an interpretation.During the half year I was blocked from visiting the US,I proposed many times,at internal consultations and in public articles,that China should not cancel US scholars'visas to China.On the contrary,China should make it easier for US scholars to visit the country.Of course,on many occasions,I also criticize the Donald Trump administration's China policy and the US embassy's cancelling my visa.
My personal efforts worked.Many US diplomats in Beijing came to visit me.We also organized internal seminars and invited several well-known Chinese scholars to have face-to-face communication with US diplomats.We had different opinions and sought to defend our own national interests.But we did not have a tiff.Instead,we all expected the next conversation.
It is better to have communication than not.This is the consensus and bottom line of both sides.It reflects the new changes in China-US relations in the new era.
I agree with former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger,who once said that"China-US relations will never return to where they were."China and the US have been major global powers whose strength matches.Both countries have their own advantages.The US is stronger,but China is not weak.
I am more optimistic than Kissinger.I believe that China-US relations will never degrade into a state of the Cold War.There are US hawks who try to launch a new Cold War on China,but the Chinese generally do not want to fight a new Cold War with the US.Neither is the decoupling possible.There are too many interests and people that cannot be separated.President Trump's trade war against China and all attempts to suppress China are completely wrong.But he has also acted in a restrained matter.
An important piece of evidence is that although Trump has been criticizing China,he has also been stressing that Chinese President Xi Jinping is a"great leader"and a"friend."Trump also treats Chinese trade negotiating teams politely.I believe that Trump must have left some leeway for his family to plan for the Trump Organization's business in China after his presidency.
To deal with such a US president,China will not give up defending its core interests.Unlike the past,a strong China is better at fighting,and more daring to fight.Meanwhile,China is better at cooperation and more daring to cooperate.
China-US relations should not be focused too much on trade disputes.
In fact,the two countries still have much to cooperate on the North Korea nuclear issue and management of the fentanyl issue.China and the US hold joint military exercises in recent years.There are over 300 flights between China and the US every week and we do not see a single one being cancelled.Thus,if there are disputes,so be it.Cooperation should continue.
Indeed,amid fraught China-US relations,the coexistence of competition and cooperation will be normal in the future.Everyone has the responsibility to prevent risks from aggravating.
Thinking of this,I have decided to return a Mid-Autumn Festival gift to the senior US diplomat:my new book Great Power's Long March Road.The book narrates the preparations and difficulties of the rise of China.It should help Americans better understand China in the new era.

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中国人民大学重阳金融研究院（人大重阳）成立于2013年1月19日，是重阳投资董事长裘国根先生向母校捐赠并设立教育基金运营的主要资助项目。

作为中国特色新型智库，人大重阳聘请了全球数十位前政要、银行家、知名学者为高级研究员，旨在关注现实、建言国家、服务人民。目前，人大重阳下设7个部门、运营管理3个中心(生态金融研究中心、全球治理研究中心、中美人文交流研究中心)。近年来，人大重阳在金融发展、全球治理、大国关系、宏观政策等研究领域在国内外均具有较高认可度。