Asked if US-China relations could be hurt by domestic US politics, Yang said it is a "mainstream consensus" among Democrats and Republicans to "further grow the relationship with China."
Recently, McCain has measured his comments on China, criticizing its pollution and efforts on climate change.
He also has taken a tough line, saying the US "must take note" of China's "warlike rhetoric" toward US ally Taiwan.
China's close economic and diplomatic relations with "pariah states" such as Myanmar, Sudan and Zimbabwe will result in tensions, McCain wrote in the journal Foreign Affairs.
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