TPP not start of an 'economic Cold War'

The heated discussion in China about whether the country should seek to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership indicates people's uncertainty about the prospects for China's rise and economic transformation.

How Chinese people see the interaction and competition between China and other countries is likely to have a deep influence on China's future development.

The TPP as it is, if it comes into effect, already constitutes a practical threat to China's influence and position in the promotion of regional cooperation in the Asia-Pacific.