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Stephen Orlins
Stephen Orlins
Stephen Orlins is president of the National Committee on US-China Relations, and was previously managing director of Carlyle Asia, chairman of the board of Taiwan Broadband Communications, and president of Lehman Brothers Asia. He was a member of the State Department legal team that helped establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China, is fluent in Mandarin and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Revoke tariffs, revisit curbs on Chinese people, companies and media, engage constructively on human rights and international norms, fine-tune Taiwan policy – and ditch confrontation. The US should not understate the benefits that constructive engagement brought to the American people.

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Biden should undo Trump’s needlessly confrontational damage to the bilateral relationship – on condition that China takes equivalent steps back. The deep causes of US-China friction will remain but an easing of tension will give both governments space to re-engage.

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The US should recognise that its designation of China as a strategic competitor creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. Would Beijing be more or less willing to listen to a partner or strategic competitor regarding issues such as Hong Kong?

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Warnings from the Trump administration about China as a strategic competitor ignore the progress that has been made and the benefits trade has brought to the US economy.

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