CHINA US Focus - Perspectives shaping the world's most important bilateral relationship

Twenty seven years ago Mr. Xi Jinping, then a county chief in Hebei Province, made his first trip to the United States on a local exchange. Now he is going to make a trip to the US as the Vice President of China with far greater responsibilities and expectations

David Shambaugh writes that the visit of China’s leader-in-waiting offers an important opportunity for the two major powers to produce some positive forward momentum in their complicated relationship.