Strategic vows for stable bilateral ties
President Xi Jinping has just completed a state visit to the United States, accomplishing much of his mission: Sino-US mutual reassurance on maintaining the status quo in the Asia-Pacific region and mutual recommitment to "a new model of major-country relationship".
Just before his visit, the US seemed quite wary of China's strategic intentions, especially Beijing's move in the South China Sea, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, not to mention the alleged hacking of US systems by China. For a while, there was concern that China-US ties had reached a critical juncture that could lead to confrontation.
The essence of a summit is the one-on-one meeting between the heads of state to, among other things, clarify strategic intents and offer strategic reassurance. Xi's visit attained these objectives.
