Trump’s strategic intention is clear

China, however, also faces unusual difficulties and resistance. Although cooperation has been the mainstream in Sino-US relations, marred by frictions, since the two sides established diplomatic ties nearly four decades ago, the US’ China strategy has gradually changed from “strategic ambiguity” (not viewing China as a friend or an enemy) to one of “strategic clarity”. That US President Donald Trump has identified China as a main strategic rival makes clear his intention to contain China’s rise.

The shift in China-US ties coincides with the new phase of “great development, great change, and great adjustment” in the global context, with the international environment getting more complicated and uncertainties growing.

First, wrangling over globalization has escalated, populism and protectionism are rising in the US and many other Western societies, and more trade frictions will follow. These developments seriously affect global economic connectivity and coordinated development, restrict the resolution of global issues, and make global governance more difficult. The widening wealth