
TOKYO -- When Robert Zoellick was U.S. deputy secretary of state under former President George W. Bush, he said the U.S. needed to urge China to become a "responsible stakeholder" in the international system. More than ten years after his remarks to the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, Zoellick told the Nikkei Asian Review that whether China has indeed become a responsible stakeholder is still "an open question."