Introduction
The year of 2017 is another eventful one in China- US relations. At the beginning of the year Mr. Donald Trump became the 45th President of the United States with unconventional concepts, principles and plans for American domestic and foreign agendas. At the end of the year, President Trump put forward a New US National Security Strategy for a New Era, that makes China a rivalry to the US. In October the Communist Party of China convened its 19th National Congress (hence “the CPC 19th Congress”) that endorsed Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, that charted a new blueprint for major country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, and that China will promote coordination and cooperation with other major countries and work to build a framework for major country relations featuring overall stability and balanced development. Therefore, the two countries are starting a new leg of the journey of China-US relations.
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