The meeting was important in setting a floor for relations that have been festering and deteriorating for years, and in identifying concrete issues for urgent consultation and action while the current Biden administration is in office.
Washington and Beijing must reject confrontation and find a path toward constructive and cooperative engagement and relations for the long term in the national interests of both peoples.
Without a doubt, President Xi’s San Francisco trip has stabilized China-U.S. ties and injected new impetus into Asia-Pacific cooperation. Before the meetings, a poster promised that ‘APEC is going to be EPIC.’ And it has.
Restoring trust in the Sino-American relationship will require work on both sides. It’s time to get serious and get to work placing the world’s most important bilateral relationship on a more stable footing.
The U.S. should discard the hawkish approach toward China and make full use of the current opportunities to improve the bilateral relations for the sake of stability and prosperity of the world.
The meeting has the potential to serve as a turning point in the current China-U.S. relationship, at least between now and early 2024, and opens the door for the gradual restoration of cooperation across a broad spectrum.
The development of China-U.S. ties matters a great deal for the Asia Pacific and the world as a whole. The definition of China-U.S. relations can only be friendly.
Current meeting between Xi and Biden may open a fresh window to brainstorm what new steps of relationship may proceed and work benefiting both parties.
As two major countries in the world, whether China and the U.S. can find a right path of state-to-state interaction bears on world peace and development, and the future of humanity.
Whereas the West largely ignores suffering caused by increased global economic inequality, China’s Belt and Road Initiative provides a proactive solution.
The Chinese often say that there are 1,000 reasons for a good Sino-American rapport and not one for a bad relationship. The same should be true on the U.S. side.
To make the American vision for the new era, whereby ‘every nation can choose its own path and its own partners’ a reality, the United States must put down its cudgel and show true respect for the development path of other countries.
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