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2021-01-31 01:36:05 GMT2021-01-31 09:36:05(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Containers of China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited are seen at the Port of Long Beach in Los Angeles County, the United States, Feb. 27, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) In areas ranging from trade and investment to people-to-people exchanges, the China-U.S. relationship is at a low point rarely seen since the two countries established their diplomatic ties.
Over the past few years, this most important bilateral relationship in the world has deviated from course due to disruptions by irresponsible policies, a Cold War mentality, and ideological biases triggered by a handful of U.S. politicians.
Xi Jinping’s Authoritarian Drive is Following His Predecessors’ Precedents
If there is a norm in Chinese succession, it’s that nearly every paramount leader strove to retain power indefinitely, with most failing.
The U.S. State Department’s Policy Planning Staff recently released a long report on China. Likened to George Kennan’s 1946 “Long Telegram,” the report spells out Foggy Bottom’s foreign policy prescriptions to a continually rising China. Deep in the report, however, lies a misconception that has been loudly echoed by China Watchers since China’s 19
th Party Congress in 2018. During that Party Congress, People’s Republic of China (PRC) President Xi Jinping did not name a successor to the powerful Politburo Standing Committee (PSC). Furthermore, a vote by the Central Committee eliminated term limits to the presidency in the PRC Constitution. Since then, China Watchers have proclaimedtimeandtimeagain that Xi Jinping is bucking all succession precedent to