"My China dream is that China and the United States will continue to cooperate, like 'crossing a river in the same boat' (as the ancient Chinese saying goes). I hope China will continue to develop and that its underdeveloped regions will also develop."

Ezra F. Vogel, an expert on China and former director of Harvard University's East Asian Research Center, speaks to the media after accepting the title of professor of public policy research emeritus at South China University of Technology on Monday.