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During their recent virtual dialogue, Wang Huiyao, founder and President of the Center for China and Globalization, and John Hamre, President and CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a U.S. think tank, explored potential areas where China-U.S. cooperation is essential. Edited excerpts follow:

Wang Huiyao: As we face this once-in-a-century catastrophe caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, how can we get out of the grave situation and how can China and the U.S. really work together?

There’s a central paradox we’ve experienced throughout the past two years. It’s very clear that with something like a pandemic, no one country can act on its own and protect itself; there has to be international cooperation. But people that lead countries naturally and primarily respond to the