Wang Dong
Professor and Executive Director of Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding, Peking University
Wang Dong is a professor at the School of International Relations and Executive Director of Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding, Peking University.
Oct 28, 2013
Over June 7–8, 2013, U.S. president Barack Obama hosted Chinese president Xi Jinping for a summit at Sunnylands, the serene Annenberg estate in Rancho Mirage, California. The Xi-Obama summit, an informal, shirt-sleeve event that took place early on in the two leaders’ new administrations, was unprecedented in both its style and timing, and indeed was a rare occurrence in U.S.-China relations in the three decades since normalization. By shrugging off diplomatic formalities, the Xi-Obama summit demonstrated the maturity of the U.S.-China relationship.
