Chinese President Xi Jinping sent U.S. President Donald Trump a congratulatory message marking forty years since Beijing and Washington established diplomatic ties.
President Xi said history has proved that cooperation is the best choice for both sides. Trump said his priority is to promote cooperative and constructive U..S-China relations.
The leaders also spoke by telephone over the weekend, as trade delegations prepare to meet in Beijing next week, in hopes of ending the trade dispute.
To discuss all of this:
- Zhao Hai is a research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
- Nicolas Veron is a senior fellow with the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
- Yu Pingkang is the chief economist at Changjiang Pension Insurance.
- Jonathan Broder is a senior writer with Newsweek.
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Forty years ago this month, 3,000 cases of Coca-Cola arrived in Beijing and Guangzhou from Hong Kong by train, marking a long-awaited return of the iconic US beverage to the Chinese mainland.
— China Daily (@ChinaDaily) January 1, 2019
Jimmy Carter who led the effort to fully normalize US #CHINA relations -40 years ago this week makes a plea to overcome adversity and maintain stable relations https://t.co/3kGlTdBhPm
— Jim Laurie – focus on Asia (@JimLaurie_Asia) January 1, 2019