To many Americans and others this will seem like a very big concession indeed, but I doubt it would look like that from China's perspective. I think most Chinese probably hope that as China overtakes the U.S. to become the world's richest state they will take over from the U.S. as the sole leading power in Asia, and would be very disappointed to settle for mere equal status with America, and perhaps with other great powers as well.
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