A Correct Understanding of China Matters
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Henry A. Kissinger’s icebreaking visit to China. The world’s most important bilateral relationship now is in transition, with far-reaching regional and global implications.
In this particularly unpredictable year of 2021, President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden had phone conversations on September 10 and on the eve of the Chinese New Year in February. Senior officials held a face-to-face strategic dialogue in Anchorage, Alaska, in March.
China-U.S. relations have encountered unprecedented difficulties due to the U.S. irrational suppression of China’s legitimate rights and interests, which has damaged the interests of both nations and taken a toll on world stability and development.
The Biden administration has not moved past its misperceptions of China, and has not found the right way to develop bilateral relations with China.
The fact is that if the U.S. and China fail to manage this relationship, the entire world will face a massive wave of division, turmoil and conflict. Assessing the current realities and reviewing the history of China-U.S. relations provides a number of key lessons for charting their future direction.
First, resolving basic epistemological issues is a precondition for rebuilding mutual political confidence. It’s important for each country to manage its own affairs well instead of deflecting blame onto other nations. Attributing all the problems facing the U.S. to
