According to the mutual agreement of US President Trump during his visit to China in May 2026, President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the US this fall. On this occasion, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister, spoke on the phone with US Secretary of State Rubio on September 17. According to the Chinese press release, the call directly pointed out the core issues: the two sides “focused on in-depth discussions on high-level exchanges between the two countries” and exchanged views on issues such as the situation in the Middle East. This actually reveals several noteworthy trends in current Sino-US relations: first, China and the US are preparing for the next stage of high-level interaction; second, both sides need to avoid disorderly relations; third, although the Taiwan issue did not appear in the press release text, it is still a deep variable that determines whether the Sino-US relationship can move forward steadily. A phone call cannot resolve the structural conflicts that have accumulated over a long period of time between China and the US, but it can calibrate expectations, delineate borders, and open up space for a new round of high-level meetings. For two major countries such as China and the US, this kind of communication itself is very necessary.

According to the mutual agreement of US President Trump during his visit to China in May 2026, President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the US this fall. On this occasion, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister, spoke on the phone with US Secretary of State Rubio on September 17. According to the Chinese press release, the call directly pointed out the core issues: the two sides “focused on in-depth discussions on high-level exchanges between the two countries” and exchanged views on issues such as the situation in the Middle East. This actually reveals several noteworthy trends in current Sino-US relations: first, China and the US are preparing for the next stage of high-level interaction; second, both sides need to avoid disorderly relations; third, although the Taiwan issue did not appear in the press release text, it is still a deep variable that determines whether the Sino-US relationship can move forward steadily. A phone call cannot resolve the structural conflicts that have accumulated over a long period of time between China and the US, but it can calibrate expectations, delineate borders, and open up space for a new round of high-level meetings. For two major countries such as China and the US, this kind of communication itself is very necessary.