China-US relations: state media commentaries back President Xi Jinping’s call to develop ties for a ‘brighter future’
- Xinhua’s conciliatory editorial line is in sharp contrast to its accusation weeks earlier that the US had a ‘friend or foe’ mindset that would lead nowhere
- Party mouthpiece People’s Daily also calls for improved ties, but blasts ‘decoupling’ moves and warns against US barriers to technology
The rhythm of cooperation between Beijing and Washington is getting “stronger and stronger” – both at the government-to-government level and in the society of both countries – while their shared stake in the relationship is a “new normal”, according to a commentary published by the official Xinhua news agency on Sunday.
It was the fourth and latest in a series that started on Thursday about the “sustained, steady and sound” development of the bilateral relationship.
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The language used in the series was in sharp contrast to that in a Xinhua article nearly two weeks earlier when it accused the United States of having a “friend or foe” mindset that would “lead nowhere”, and argued that the decline of American hegemony had become a “visible reality”.
“If we always maintain a ‘bright heart’ that seeks win-win for both nations and the world, China and the US will surely illuminate the path ahead and march towards a ‘brighter future’,” Xinhua said in the most recent commentary on Sunday.
The Chinese leader told them “China-US relations cannot go back to the old days, but they can embrace a brighter future”, while offering assurances Beijing would roll out more reform measures to improve the business climate in his country.
