The competition between China and the United States is intensifying, but not a life-or-death struggle. US is now changing its approach to China from the stick and carrot policy to a stick-dominated policy. China’s foreign policy needs to prevent the US from becoming the biggest threat and seeks cooperation in competition in a flexible way. If the US looked down at China in the past, it only starts to be level.

Hao Yufan, dean of the faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Macao