Yan Xuetong — ‘Conflict control’ is key to U.S.-China relations in a bipolar world

Restoring China’s national pride is a primary concern for President Xi Jinping as he seeks to establish a "new type of great power relationship" with the United States, according to a scholar who influences Beijing’s policy with Washington. 

In a recent interview with The Asahi Shimbun, Yan Xuetong, dean of Tsinghua University’s Institute of Modern International Relations, also said the concept of “conflict control” should play a key role at a time when China’s rise is driving a sea change in the world order.

Bipolar world order developing.

The Asahi Shimbun
 Yan Xuetong: ‘Conflict control’ is key to U.S.-China relations in a bipolar world
Koichi Furuya