Enter the Rooster, exit the Monkey. As 2017 begins, Curtis S. Chin and Jose B. Collazo take look at who’s in, and who’s out in Asia—from an outgoing U.S. president and a pivot and partnership that were not to be to a tough-talking leader.

The outgoing president gets a mixed score, but a legacy for his successor to draw upon. Being a leader of multilateralism and globalization efforts has been a success that deserves emulation, but the ambivalent use of force diminished its stature as the defender of peace and stability.

While the incoming Trump administration has stirred fears that it will direct the US in an inward direction, there is plenty of reason to think that the new president is pro-trade in ways that will re-shape but not destroy the global playing field.

Americans should understand that a harmonious, prosperous, powerful yet responsible United States constitutes part of the favorable external environment that China wishes to have. That understanding is also best for the well-being of both countries.

It is foreseeable that the “America first” policy will undermine the present global economic and geopolitical patterns, bringing uncertainty to the world. But so long as both sides give up the mentality of zero-sum rivalry and persist in cooperation, the Sino-US relationship will come through the current period of uncertainty and maintain the momentum of steady and healthy development.

Former top Chinese diplomat He Yafei on how to manage China-US relations under Trump, suggesting ways to deal with trade deficit and expand on areas where the two governments can work together.

Expectations are on the rise as to what should and could China do to "make globalization work and great again." But this will not only be an onerous task for China.

The problem is NOT with globalization. Globalization is in the DNA of human society and a key lifeline for mankind.

Instead of pursuing military alliances, a legacy of the post- World War II, China chooses to knit a web of global partners, 97 to be exact by the end of 2016. Equality, peace, inclusiveness and tolerance of hallmarks of this cooperative partnership.

From the First Opium War of 1840 to the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949, China has suffered injustice, humiliation and wars waged by foreign powers in what is commonly known as the "century of humiliation."