US-China Ties Quietly Mending Even as Global Turmoil Surges

  • Beijing ramps up dialogue on several fronts despite tensions
  • Flurry of diplomacy comes ahead of potential leaders’ meeting
Chuck Schumer is greeted by Xi Jinping before their bilateral meeting, on Oct. 9.Photographer: Andy Wong/AFP/Getty Images
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With the Israel-Hamas war further dividing a world shaken by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and elevated inflation, US-China ties are suddenly providing cause for some optimism.

President Xi Jinping’s government has engaged with a flurry of US leaders since June, with the Chinese president telling a visiting senator this month there were “a thousand reasons to make US-China relations better, and no reason to make them worse” — some of his most dovish recent comments on the relationship.