As President Obama has said many times, the United States welcomes the rise of a peaceful, prosperous China.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

All of our nations -- Australia, the United States -- all of our nations have a profound interest in the rise of a peaceful and prosperous China.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks to the Australian Parliament

The President has publicly welcomed, as a matter of United States policy, China's peaceful rise and success.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Our objective is to shape the environment in the Asia Pacific region in which the peaceful rise of important countries, including China, contributes to the common good, is fundamentally stabilizing and not destabilizing, and in which every party can contribute to the work at hand.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

"It is in all of our interest for China and Japan to have stable, peaceful relations, " Mrs.

WSJ: Clinton Presses China to Do More to Restrain North Korea

America is working with the countries of the region -- South Korea, Japan, China and Russia -- to find a peaceful solution and to show the North Korean government that nuclear weapons will bring only isolation, economic stagnation and continued hardship.

CNN: Transcript of State of the Union

What better way for China to show that it is sincere about its peaceful rise than to take the lead?

ECONOMIST: China and Japan

To date, China has sent envoys to Sudan and promised to help facilitate a peaceful solution to the Darfur crisis.

WSJ: A Year Out, Beijing Games Test China's Rising Power

He later issued a statement saying the US and China were able "to underscore our joint commitment to the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula in a peaceful manner".

BBC: China and US make North Korea nuclear pledge