The United States and China's Dual Deterrent Approach

Both on bajing side, they have a one china principle. We don't recognize that position, but we acknowledge it. So we basically say to the chinese, we see that position, and to the tions we say, but we don't agree with it, necessarily. Yet, this is the real challenge of this issue, and why there is so much focus on language. But again, with the fundamental principle of we're trying to just keep this space of peace and stability," he says.