"China and the United States can have competition but should not view each other with a Cold War mentality. Nor should they slip into the trap of a zero-sum game," Wang was quoted as saying in a Foreign Ministry press release. Certain American forces have recently discredited China and created antagonistic feelings, which has severely damaged the atmosphere of China-US relations, Wang said. If this continues, it will lead the bilateral ties to a wrong path, which is not in the common interests of the two countries as well as the international community. Kissinger said he is optimistic about the long-term development of China-US bilateral ties.