Beijing should refocus on relations with developing countries

Editor's note: The trade dispute with the United States should awaken China to the importance of consolidating ties with developing countries, said Zhang Chun, a researcher in international relations at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, in a comment for Guancha.cn. Excerpts:

Some people worry about China's future because of the tense relations with the United States. Interestingly, that sentiment was not so observable when the Sino-US relationship was much worse in the late 1980s and the early 1990s.

But China's reliance on the US has never been heavier than nowadays. Which deserves the decision-makers' caution.