August 2, 2016

"Last week, Susan Rice concluded her fourth visit to China as US President Barack Obama's national security advisor, which aimed to emphasize that, as she wrote in the official blog of the Department of State, there is no more consequential bilateral relationship than the US-China relationship.

The timing is critical. The visit is just two weeks after the announcement of the South China Sea arbitration result and a month before the G20 Summit in September. If we take a slightly long-term perspective, there is only half a year left for Obama to deal with China as the US president. For Rice, two tasks might overwhelm the others during the trip: one is to prepare for the meeting between leaders of the two countries during the G20 summit and the other is to compare notes on the issue of the South China Sea."

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