Beijing's solution needs no approval from Washington. But the latter, which has let people down many times by providing no efficient resolution to boost the Afghan peace process, accused China of alleged zero contributions to Afghanistan. What is the US up to?
On Thursday, US Vice President Mike Pence delivered a major speech on the Trump administration's China policy at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, DC.
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that China will not make use of a third party in trade talks with the United States.
Chinese military experts said Beijing is not organizing an anti-US forum though many representatives from different countries voiced their dissatisfaction and anger at Washington's unilateral and hegemonic behavior, but the US should rethink its inappropriate policies that have offended many in the world.
China vowed to shoulder its international responsibility as a major country at a security forum in Beijing as the country's defense minister made an important strategic pledge to support peace, stability and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.
Chinese students in the US received a positive signal from US President Donald Trump who said the country will continue to welcome international students from China, but analysts warned against being overly optimistic, saying people-to-people exchanges still face potential challenges as Washington's China hawks won't give up efforts on decoupling with China.
Vice Premier Liu He will lead a Chinese delegation of senior officials from various ministries, including the nation's top economic planner, agricultural ministry and communications department, to Washington for a new round of high-level trade consultations at the invitation of the US side.
The foremost thing for the US right now is to restrain its hegemonic mind-set and behavior, and promote regional peace and cooperation, rather than make trouble in the region.
Chinese Vice Finance Minister Liao Min is set to lead a delegation to the US on Wednesday to prepare with the US side ahead of the 13th round of bilateral trade talks, set for October. Analysts following the development of the trade war say that Liao heading the delegation could bring fresh air to the trade talks.
The city of Detroit in the US state of Michigan on Friday recognized Detroit China Day to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of China-US diplomatic ties.
Bill Gertz, editor of US conservative political journalism website The Washington Free Beacon and columnist for The Washington Times, recently published his new book Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China's Drive for Global Supremacy.
As trade tensions between China and the US escalate and an increasing number of analysts tend to believe that no silver lining can be seen in years to come, Stephen Orlins, president of National Committee on US-China Relations, noted he is still optimistic about the bilateral relationship in the long run.
China and the US have been deeply integrated, and misjudging each other would mean disaster for not only themselves but the world.
If anything, people in America should question the war-hungry attitudes of men like Esper as it is these attitudes which have resulted in economic hardship for those in both the West and East.
There are many sectors attached to trade and given how consumers go after similar things, we should embrace products regardless of where they are manufactured since a long supply chain spread over many countries is behind the production.
Following a ferocious rhetorical spat between Washington and Beijing over the past two months, the world's two major powers have agreed to hold high-level trade talks in the US in early October. The world has been watching aghast, concerned that the unprecedented-scale trade war will cause a global recession in 2020.
No person or country in this world can defeat the US. In the end, it can only be one of its own presidents who triumphs, and Trump may be that very president.
This should be the takeaway for whoever has goals similar to Cao's.