Xi’s new US-China formula signals a self-confident shift in terms
Xi Jinping has introduced a new guiding formulation for US-China relations called 'constructive strategic stability'. This formulation emphasizes cooperation and managed competition between the two nations. It reflects China's desire to establish itself as an equal partner in international order and stability.
- ▪The new formulation consists of four layers: positive stability with cooperation, stability with moderate competition, stability with manageable differences, and enduring stability with promises of peace.
- ▪China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi highlighted the importance of respecting each other's social systems and core interests to achieve enduring stability.
- ▪The formulation indicates a shift in China's approach, seeking to manage competition rather than allowing it to escalate unchecked.
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One of the most notable outcomes of last month’s Xi-Trump summit in Beijing was not tangible. Rather, it was Xi Jinping’s introduction of a new authoritative formulation, or tífǎ, for US-China relations. Such authoritative concepts have long been an important means for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to convey the top leader’s or collective leadership’s priorities, strategic assessments, historical judgments and policy programs at a given point in time. Historically, tífǎ have also been important indicators of shifting ideological and policy terrain, and as a means for top leaders to define and build their political agendas.
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