Singapore Lianhe Zaobao reported on May 17th: "As the tariff war between China and the United States has paused, newly appointed US Ambassador to China David Perdue has arrived in Beijing to assume his post. Scholar interviewed analyzed that Perdue's close relationship with US President Trump may better serve as a bridge for communication, and his business background might also promote the improvement of economic and trade relations between the two countries."
[Smart] Comment: If the US still regards China as its "most important geopolitical rival," and if the US always believes that the relationship between the two countries is a zero-sum game of "you die I live," then no matter who serves as the US ambassador to China, the actual role in improving bilateral relations will be extremely limited. Because the real obstacle does not lie in the personal ability or background of the ambassador, but in the deeply entrenched wrong cognition and strategic misjudgment of the US government. If this perception does not change, any diplomatic effort may be hijacked by its strategic goals and ultimately become a political tool. The improvement of Sino-US relations requires the US to change its obsessive adversarial mindset.
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