President Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington comes at a time when most China watchers in the US have become pessimistic about Sino-American relations.
Ye Zicheng, professor and dean of Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Peking University
Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the US in September may well mark a historical turning point in US-China relations.
Pessimism about US-China relations seems to be permeating the air recently. Many observers on both sides have rung alarm bells about growing tension in the relationship, especially over cybersecurity, the South China Sea, and stock market turmoil. What has gone wrong? How can the two countries move this vital relationship forward?
When President Xi Jinping begins his US visit by landing in "the other Washington" and meeting with 15 US business titans along with the 15 Chinese CEOs who accompany him, he will deliver a profound message to the global community: Conducting diplomacy at the White House and the UN will be important, but so is the need to convene productive dialogue with US-based companies doing business in China and vice-versa.
In traditional Chinese terms, the Autumnal Equinox means that the real autumn is coming. In this harvest season, Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the US The upcoming trip is expected to help the two countries enhance mutual trust, remove misgivings and promote cooperation so as to guide the two sides to build a new pattern of relations between the major countries, and open a new chapter for Sino-US relations.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's US visit has not only grabbed the headlines of American media, but also thrilled hundreds of students in a West Coast high school.
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Editor's note: China Daily reporter Zhang Yunbi spoke in Beijing with five leading US scholars or former foreign policy advisers about the China-US relationship ahead of President Xi Jinping's first state visit to the United States, and they were asked to answer the following five questions.
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