Sino-US Ties At New Turn

A series of high-level engagements between the Chinese side and the new U.S. administration have demonstrated the great importance both sides attach to China-U.S. relations and brought positive expectations to the future interaction of the two major countries. Chinese President Xi Jinping took a phone call from then President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 17. At the invitation of the U.S. side, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng attended the inauguration ceremony of Trump as Xi's special representative.