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"American people and Chinese people are natural friends. They are unnatural enemies," John Thornton, chairman emeritus of the Brookings Institution, said at the Understanding China Conference in Guangzhou on December 2. The strongest part of the U.S.-China ties and the one with the most potential is the people-to-people relationship, he added. The more difficulties there are, the greater the need for us to forge a closer bond between our peoples and to open our hearts to each other, and more people need to speak up for the relationship, said Thornton.

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