Call for China and US to make efforts to avoid ‘total breakdown’ in relations
- Prominent foreign policy expert Wang Jisi writes in state tabloid that Beijing should fulfil trade promise to buy more US agricultural products
- He says if the situation gets out of control, it could result in ‘chaos in the world order and unprecedented disasters’
A prominent Chinese foreign policy expert has called for Beijing and Washington to make efforts to prevent a “total breakdown” in their bilateral relations, saying China should still buy American agricultural products and allow US brands such as Apple in its market.
In a commentary in state tabloid Global Times on Tuesday, Wang Jisi, a professor with the School of International Studies at Peking University, said the two nations must maintain their economic, military and people-to-people exchanges to avoid a collapse in ties.
“There are now worries that if Sino-US relations are out of control, the post-pandemic recovery will be more difficult, and the arms race and geopolitical conflicts will intensify, causing chaos in the world order and unprecedented disasters. This is by no means an impossible scenario,” Wang wrote.
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