{
  "id": 6039829,
  "title": "Heading to America to bridge the gap in US-China relations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/heading-to-america-to-bridge-the-gap-in-us-china-relations",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T21:30:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3366098/heading-america-bridge-gap-us-china-relations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The correspondent headed to Boston for a one-year appointment as a senior visiting scholar at the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia at Harvard Kennedy School. His purpose is to interview American thought leaders across the political spectrum to discuss the future of the US-China relationship and the likelihood of conflict.\n\nThe relationship between the US and China began to deteriorate in 2018 when the Trump administration launched its trade war. However, grievances had been building up for decades across various sectors such as government, industry, trade, academia, science, and technology. The escalation was due to mutual anxieties – in Washington, the erosion of American primacy and superpower status, and in Beijing, concerns about America's unwillingness to accept China's rise, through trade measures and technology controls.\n\nDespite these tensions, the correspondent is optimistic about the potential for cooperation on global challenges, engagement, and regulation. Topics include climate change, future pandemics, law enforcement cooperation, and artificial intelligence, space, and other emerging technologies. The correspondent plans to explore these topics during his year-long appointment and beyond, aiming to find common ground and cooperation between the two nations.",
  "summary": "Before boarding my flight to Boston late last month, I spent the better part of three days doing something I never imagined I would do in more than 30 years of covering China: scrubbing my phone. Old emails, screenshots, WeChat threads that might be read the wrong way, anything that could be misconstrued in an airport interview room – all deleted, just in case. I was not being paranoid. I was…",
  "key_points": [
    "Correspondent appointed as senior visiting scholar in Boston",
    "Focus on US-China relationship and future conflict likelihood",
    "Plans to explore cooperation on global challenges"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Heading to America to bridge the gap in US-China relations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/heading-to-america-to-bridge-the-gap-in-us-china-relations-6040975",
        "published": "2026-09-06T21:30:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}