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China, US must rebuild relations brick by brick: Charles W. Freeman Jr. Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/27 11:20:04
Charles W. Freeman Jr. Photo: Courtesy of Charles W. Freeman Jr.
Editor s Note:
China and the US must rebuild cooperative relations brick by brick, said Charles W. Freeman Jr. (
Freeman), a former senior US diplomat who has witnessed the establishment and development of China-US diplomatic relations.
In a previous interview with the Global Times (
GT) in May, he worriedly said China-US relations have entered the worst state since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1979. Now, with a new US administration set to assume power next month, is the bilateral relationship facing a chance to recover? Or will it become worse? How will relations develop under Biden? Freeman shared his insights with Global Times reporter Yu Jincui and Bai Yunyi in an email interview recently.
Joe Biden will take office next month wielding more leverage over Beijing than he would have ever sought. He can thank Donald Trump and Xi Jinping for that. Biden will be sworn in as president after Trump’s administration spent years ramping up pressure on China, including levying tariffs on $370 billion in imports, getting Canada to place a Chinese executive for Huawei Technologies Co. under house arrest, threatening access to U.S. capital markets and blaming the Communist Party for the scale of the Covid-19 outbreak. President Trump’s pressure campaign continued last week, as the administration blacklisted more than 60 Chinese companies, limiting their ability to get U.S. technology, in order “to protect national security,” according to a Commerce Department statement.