China-U.S. relations are now “too big to fail,” and thus the two countries must seek a new pragmatic balance in their relationship.

Americans should be confident in their future. China poses a serious challenge, but Washington can do much to prevent relations from turning violent.

We're condemned to cooperate, because if we don’t, we are really just condemned.

A new type of China-U.S. relationship, or a new equilibrium, is taking shape. There is an urgent need for the two nations to re-engage each other.

The era of comprehensive strategic competition between China and the US has come, with bipartisan support in the US. With the US holding the upper hand in the current China-US relationship, the future of this relationship is predictable.

The China-US trade war is ultimately a war of attrition; both sides will lose and in the end, there will be no winner. It is inevitable the trade dispute will develop into to other dimensions of investment, finance, exchange rates, high technology, and other non-trade areas.

With a truce in sight, China needs to stay alert as the U.S. might seek to challenge it in other fields.

US Vice President Mike Pence on China.

Trump is definitely an unconventional US president in many ways, including when it comes to China policy. There are special challenges to understanding his policy.

Tillerson’s replacement by Pompeo will see a more hawkish State Department, especially on China.