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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">26777</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2021-21-2-279-287</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THEMATIC DOSSIER</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЕ ДОСЬЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">United States - China Relations: Prospects during Xi - Biden Tenure</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Перспективы американо-китайских отношений в период правления Си Цзиньпина и Джо Байдена</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9559-8492</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kondapalli</surname><given-names>Srikanth</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кондапалли</surname><given-names>Шрикант</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD, Professor in Chinese Studies, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>PhD, профессор Центра восточноазиатских исследований, Школа международных исследований</p></bio><email>profsrikanthkondapalli@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Jawaharlal Nehru University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Джавахарлала Неру</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-06-22" publication-format="electronic"><day>22</day><month>06</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>21</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Intensifying U.S. — Сhina Strategic Rivalry and the Transformation of the Global Order</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Нарастающее стратегическое соперничество между США и КНР  и трансформация глобального миропорядка</issue-title><fpage>279</fpage><lpage>287</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-06-22"><day>22</day><month>06</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Kondapalli S.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Кондапалли Ш.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kondapalli S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Кондапалли Ш.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/26777">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/26777</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">Bilateral relations between China and the United States have become strategic in nature with implications to the rest of the world. Both have been engaging and competing on a number of issues in the recent times. While both seek security and stability so as to pursue their respective national interests, they differ on the way they pursue these. While engagement has been the dominant theme in the previous administrations, since late Trump, bilateral relations exhibited tensions on a number of issues including what China considered to be its “core interests”. China’s agenda of “keeping a low profile” has been changed to “accomplish something” and it intends to “occupy the centre stage” in the long-term. The election of Joseph Biden as the President of the US coincided with the ongoing reassessments on the bilateral relations as well as coming to the fore of tensions on a number of fronts with China. The spread of COVID-19 pandemic, decline in global growth rates, disruptions in supply chains, and the growing uncertainty have only further exacerbated the US - China relations. Below is a review of the bilateral relations in the recent times by eliciting cooperative and competitive trends between China and the US. It is argued that the US - China relations are undergoing major shifts due to the tensions even as both are for ushering in strategic stability. China’s perceptions at the leadership level, media and academic levels are outlined in brief to suggest that relations with the US are exhibiting tensions on a number of issues that pose challenges and opportunities for other countries.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Двусторонние отношения между Китаем и США приобрели стратегический характер с последствиями для остального мира. Оба государства в последнее время взаимодействуют и конкурируют друг с другом по ряду вопросов. Хотя и КНР, и США стремятся обеспечить свою безопасность и стабильность, что связано с их национальными интересами, они используют разные инструменты для достижения этой цели. В то время как американо-китайские отношения отличались преимущественно сотрудничеством при прошлых президентах США, во вторую половину президентства Д. Трампа двусторонние отношения характеризовались напряженностью по ряду вопросов, включая то, что Китай считал своими «коренными интересами». Внешнеполитическая повестка дня КНР, заключающаяся в том, чтобы «оставаться в тени», была изменена на «делать что-то реальное», в рамках которой Пекин намерен «занять центральное место» в долгосрочной перспективе. Избрание Дж. Байдена президентом США совпало с продолжающейся переоценкой американо-китайских отношений, а также с выходом на первый план напряженности по ряду направлений с Китаем. Распространение пандемии COVID-19, снижение темпов роста мировой экономики, сбои в цепочках поставок и растущая неопределенность только усугубили отношения между США и Китаем. В статье приводится обзор двусторонних отношений за последние годы с выявлением тенденций как к сотрудничеству, так и к соперничеству между США и Китаем. Утверждается, что американо-китайские отношения претерпевают серьезные сдвиги из-за напряженности, хотя оба государства выступают за установление стратегической стабильности. Реферативно излагается восприятие Китая на уровне руководства, в СМИ и на академическом уровне. Автор делает вывод, что отношения с США демонстрируют напряженность по ряду вопросов, которые создают проблемы и возможности для других стран.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>United States</kwd><kwd>China relations</kwd><kwd>strategic stability</kwd><kwd>competition</kwd><kwd>cooperation</kwd><kwd>flux in relations</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>американо-китайские отношения</kwd><kwd>стратегическая стабильность</kwd><kwd>соперничество</kwd><kwd>сотрудничество</kwd><kwd>переменчивость в отношениях</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Allison, G. (2017). Destined for war: Can America and China escape Thucydides’s trap? Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Anonymous. (2021). The Longer Telegram: Toward A New American China Strategy. The Atlantic Council. 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