Sino-US relations need new chapter

Editor's note: The year of 2024 is a critical year full of challenges for the whole world and the trends of transformation are evolving. Faced with different situations, China has demonstrated a strong sense of responsibility as a major country and continued to promote solidarity and cooperation with other countries. Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily.

China-US relations are likely to enter a new stage of uncertainty when Donald Trump assumes office as US President on Jan 20. While Trump has assembled a Cabinet to better execute his grand vision of "make America great again", if his first term (2017-2020) is any indicator, the second is not going to be easy for Sino-US relations in the coming years.

From 2018 to 2020, Trump launched a trade war against China, seriously undermining the economic and trade ties and hurting both countries. During this term, China-US interaction shrank drastically, with inter-government dialogue decreasing sharply.