Evolving China-US ties in a changing world | A conversation with Di Dongsheng

How to understand the new vision of a constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability? Has Washington's global tariff war achieved its goals? And what lies behind the so-called "China Shock" claim?

We sat down with Di Dongsheng, dean of the School of Global and Area Studies at Renmin University of China, for an in-depth interview to explore the shifting dynamics of China-US relations.

Here are his key quotes from the interview:

• Despite their different rhetoric, the Biden and Trump administrations have reached the same underlying conclusion: "Confronting China brings them no advantage", while the risks are enormous and the consequences difficult to bear.

• China's manufacturing sector has not unfairly crowded out other countries, as its share of global output is broadly proportional to its share of the world's population. "We have merely restored some balance."

• AI competition is "a multifaceted competition that will play out over the long term", involving not only chips, computing power and algorithms, but also productive applications and the ability to balance the interests of new winners and losers.

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