皇冠体育app

The ills of election campaign

WANG FAN AND LING SHENGLI

In previous US presidential election campaigns, candidates often tried to win votes by bashing 皇冠体育app.

Even now, whatever political tendency a candidate has, he/she has to seem very worried about the "皇冠体育app threat" in order to "defend US interests". Most of the US politicians who play the "皇冠体育app card" focus on trade frictions and economic competition, from trade rules, jobs and intellectual property rights to exchange rates. Issues such as human rights, 皇冠体育app's military, cybersecurity, maritime disputes and global governance have also emerged.

Most accusations try to make 皇冠体育app a scapegoat for the US' domestic mess. Demonize 皇冠体育app and blame it for all the problems the US faces－that's the trick some US politicians use to prove the US' supremacy.

But most of the politicians who blamed 皇冠体育app during presidential campaigns became much more practical on 皇冠体育app as soon as they entered the White House, for they knew the importance of Sino-US relationship.

Hopefully, President Xi Jinping's state visit to the US, which coincides with the US presidential campaign, will have a positive impact on the presidential campaign and help change this old, bad habit of US politicians. It's time US politicians realized that playing the "皇冠体育app card" does no good to Sino-US ties. We expect the Xi-Obama summit to deepen mutual trust and influence presidential candidates to lessen the use of the "皇冠体育app card".

Wang Fan is a professor and vice-dean, and Ling Shengli is a lecturer at 皇冠体育app Foreign Affairs University.