Chinese President Xi Jinping’s appointment to an unprecedented third term increased American interest in the most important bilateral national relationship of our lifetime. The war in Ukraine, begun shortly after China announced a “no limits” partnership with Vladimir Putin’s Russia, has completely shuffled the global geo-political deck. These events necessitate a new way of looking at China, its relationship with the world and the U.S. that reflects both the realities of today and the likely trajectory of China following events of the last two years.

Professor Duncan J. McCampbell is an American lawyer and professor of international business and law at Metropolitan State University and in Chinese universities. He also worked with the Westlaw division of Thomson Reuters. Professor McCampbell’s new book on U.S./China relations, Sunset over China, is due to be released later this year.