Repairing the two countries’ relationship won’t happen just through goodwill. Experts say China wants agreement on fraught issues such as the fate of Taiwan.
An American policy wonk in China rarely receives the attention paid last month to Scott Kennedy, the first U.S. scholar to visit since Beijing’s strict coronavirus travel restrictions began over two years ago.For Kennedy, an expert on Chinese business and economy at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank, it was intended as an icebreaker trip.
“The United States thinks that so long as there is no conflict or crisis in relations, then that’s fine. But China wants to see evidence of progress, especially when it comes to Taiwan,” said Wu Xinbo, dean of International Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai.of the island, by force if necessary, has only grown in response to American efforts to shore up Taiwanese defenses in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“If we can revive communication mechanisms, then in the future we won’t have to overly rely on top leaders meeting,” Wu noted. Beijing’s position hasn’t changed since then. What has changed, however, is Xi’s degree of control at home and. At the recently concluded 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, where his rule was extended for at least another five years, Xi stacked the top leadership with loyal lieutenants and warned of “dangerous storms” undermining China’s rise.
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