November 8, 2020

As Joe Biden was projected to be the winner of the 2020 presidential election, Chinese experts predicted that the outcome could offer some “breathing room” for already-tense China-US relations, and provide an opportunity for breakthroughs in resuming high-level communication and rebuilding mutual strategic trust between the two countries. 

Deteriorating relations between China and the US have entered a vicious circle, leading to damaged strategic mutual trust, suspended high-level communication and little concrete cooperation, Xin Qiang, deputy director of the Center for US Studies at Fudan University, told the Global Times. 

It might now be expected that China and the US will resume pragmatic cooperation on vaccines, the anti-epidemic fight and climate change, Xin noted. Some liaison mechanisms and stalled dialogue can be expected to resume, “but it will take time to rebuild mutual strategic trust,” he said. 

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