China open to enhancing Sino-US relations based on 'three principles'

Donald Trump's pledge during his campaign to end the Middle East and Ukraine crises in a short time became the focus of media reports and commentaries soon after he won the presidential election on Tuesday. But how Sino-US relations will develop during his second term as US president has been the common focus of a broader group of people, because it concerns the common interests of countries around the world.

Despite its claim to stabilize Sino-US relations, the Joe Biden administration has built or tried to build "small yards and high fences" in the fields of trade and technology in an attempt to "decouple" the US and Chinese economies, urge its allies and partners to take provocative actions against Beijing in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, and form a united front with "like-minded" allies to isolate China from the rest of the world.

Since the new Trump administration will assume office only after he is sworn in as president on Jan 20, if all goes well, the intervening period provides the president-elect with precious time to explore ways to not only address domestic issues but also steer Sino-US relations in a direction that better serves the interests of the two countries.