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This year marks the 50th anniversary of former US President Richard Nixon’s historic visit to China and the issuance of Shanghai Communiqué. Over the past half a century, the China-US relationship has kept moving forward despite twists and turns, contributing to peace, stability and prosperity in the world. Today’s world is of intertwined interests and a shared future. China and the United States have common interests and shared responsibilities. Cooperation is the only right choice. However, the US has got involved in issues related to China’s core interests, promoted “integrated deterrence” against China, accelerated the decoupling by building “a small yard with high fences,” and interfered with people-to-people exchanges in science and education. These moves are not helping the bilateral relations back on track. The United States must abandon the Cold War mentality, and choose dialogue over confrontation, cooperation over conflict, openness over seclusion, and integration over decoupling. Both sides should follow the principle of mutual respect as the premise to development of bilateral relations, stick to peaceful coexistence as the bottom line, and focus on win-win cooperation as the key, to overcome difficulties, rebuild trust, and bring more stability and certainty to a turbulent and fluid world in building a human community with a shared future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]