This year marks the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s ice-breaking trip to China followed by the signing of the Shanghai Communique. 50 years on, the bilateral relationship is fraught with tensions. The recent breathtaking development in Ukraine is making the strategic competition even more complex with profound implications for the international order.

In this extraordinary time, how can we order the future of great power relations into perspective? How will the US-China relations move forward in the context of important political events in both countries? While we look back in history, is “re-icebreaking” between the world’s two largest economies possible in the future?

On March 3rd, CCG hosted another episode of Global Dialogue in partnership with the China Conference of Harvard Kennedy School, featuring Dr. Wang Hui ...