Joint efforts needed to keep Sino-US ties on track

It is a common agreement among Chinese scholars that the new US administration will carry forward the established bilateral framework and have a shorter transition and run-in period than its predecessors in dealing with China. But it is also believed that problems will be there to plague bilateral relations, although the groundwork of the ties will not be rocked.

As the new US administration takes office, the two countries face an urgent challenge of finding out how to defuse the potential crises in bilateral relations and put them onto a track of normal and smooth development

Economic and trade issues will prove thorny ones. In the context of a gloomy economic environment at home and abroad, the Barack Obama administration will undoubtedly take measures to rescue the plummeting stock market, expand employment and improve people's livelihood.