An uneasy quiescence has come to define U.S.-Chinese relations during U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term. Although both governments are calling it “constructive strategic stability,” U.S.-Chinese relations have been so tenuous and shallow, so lacking in ambition or any affirmative vision from either side, that it seems more apt to describe the current moment as a stalemate defined by “mutually assured disruption.” Going forward, the crucial question for both sides will be who is making better use of this interregnum.
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