The best that can be said about the Sino-American relationship is that it is non-existent.
Finally, the China story is an implicit Sino-American bargain that says China will make everything the U.S. consumer needs.
In the build-up to Mr Hu's visit, Sino-American trade tensions have ebbed noticeably.
The Sino-American spat over the value of the yuan tends to hog attention.
Sino-American relations are at their lowest ebb since a Chinese fighter collided with an American EP-3 spyplane a decade ago.
With the global economy in its most dangerous circumstances since the 1930s, rising Sino-American tensions is the last thing anyone needs.
The second argument is that, even if it never came to war, Taiwan would still be an obstacle to better Sino-American relations.
The bloc-building urge could intensify if Sino-American relations deteriorate, especially over Taiwan.
In this context, another development in Sino-American relations strikes a discordant note.
But the breakup of the Soviet Union has fostered new realities and concerns in the region, including deteriorating Sino-American ties and growing Chinese power.
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In April, a Sino-American trade commission resolved several gritty disputes, including disagreements about standards for mobile-phone technology, approvals for biotechnology products and the regulation of express-delivery firms.
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Over the long run, that will not improve Sino-American relations.
The gesture is also weighing on fraught Sino-American trade relations.
As Sino-American relations have worsened lately, China's position has hardened.
As I will discuss in a moment, such a Sino-American conflict may be unavoidable even if we have substantially weaned our economy from its present dependence on foreign energy.
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As with all such high-level diplomatic missions, he will doubtless be tempted to accentuate the few, putatively positive aspects of the Sino-American relationship, and gloss over the increasing number of negative ones.
Sino-American ties have been under increasing strain recently.
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