Anthony H. Cordesman, who holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said September 18 that China and the US should cooperate to avoid a conflict. They should enhance mutual understanding to resolve the Taiwan question peacefully.
The former director in the Office of the Secretary of Defense corroborates Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Thomas J. Christensen, who said on September 14 that the US has warned that the content of the Taiwan referendum is "ill-conceived and potentially quite harmful". (Source: China Daily, Sep 18, 2007).