US and China can keep bilateral ties on track

Viewed through a pessimistic prism, it would appear that China and the United States are on a collision course, since the US has identified China as a rival and "revisionist state" seeking to undermine the Pax Americana.

Most, if not all, recent US military deployment in the Asia-Pacific is believed to have China as a potential target, if not the target. Likewise, the trade tariffs that are being implemented by the Trump administration are regarded as aimed at China, although China is far from being the only victim.

Not to mention that Washington is weighing up the merits of a proposed multilateral regime to counter-balance Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative.