Increasing Sino-US trust

Better communication needed to enhance mutual respect and understanding and overcome long-standing problems

Media in both China and the United States judged that the recent visit to the United States by Vice-President Xi Jinping had brought the desired results. However, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done in order to improve Sino-US relations. Both countries should use more political wisdom to try and overcome the lack of mutual political trust.

China and the US have different values and ideologies, which makes it inherently difficult for the two sides to reach a consensus on many issues. Added to this is the seemingly unavoidable suspicion the existing power has of a rising power.