Over the past ten years, the narrative of strategic competition has dominated the development of Sino-U.S. relationship. But at the same time, both China and the U.S. need and are needed to cooperate to solve the geopolitical conflicts and promote global governance. During U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China after 9 years, a new concept proposed by China, a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability, was accepted by the U.S. and laid the foundation for the development of future bilateral relationship. What are the goals and evaluation for China and the U.S. regarding this Summit? Can this new strategic positioning improve Sino-U.S. relationship? As Sino-U.S. relationship has become one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world, keep high-level and institutional communication may itself inject momentum into global peace and development. In the first episode of the ChinaVoice, scholars with extensive Sino-U.S. study experience analyze the outcomes of the summit, the expectations of both countries, the significance of the new strategic positioning, balance between strategic competition and cooperation on global governance, as well as the prospects for bilateral relationship.

【Host】

·SUN Chenghao, Senior Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University

【Guest】

·SUN Bingyan, Assistant Professor, Department of International Politics, University of International Relations

【Shownotes】

03:17 Definition of the Summit: Stabilization vs. Temporary Easing

08:26 China’s expectations from the Summit

10:50 The Summit has met China’s target

14:50 The signals released by new strategic positioning

21:29 U.S.’ expectations from the Summit

22:43 Trump takes the Summit seriously and treats China differently

26:06 The G2 Concept and China’s Reluctance

30:12 China and U. S. positions on Iran issues

31:37 Potential challenges for future China-U.S. relationship

【Team】

Executive Producer: SUN Chenghao

Producer: WANG Yinuo, LI Yining

Content Editor: ZHANG Xueyu, LI Yijie, WANG Yexu

Graphics Designer: ZHANG Xueyu