If Democrats take power in Washington, the wind for U.S. relations with China will likely start blowing in a much more favorable direction. China should trim its sails and seize the opportunity.

The choice is clear: China and the United States can either find ways to make things tolerable or simply capitulated to ever-worsening relations and consequences that go beyond our imagination at the moment.

Innovation and further opening-up are the antidote to technological suppression by the United States. The difficulties it imposes are real, but they are temporary and surmountable. They only inspire us.

The future of Sino-American ties will be determined by who wins in the upcoming U.S. Presidential elections. With only a few months left on the clock, the Trump administration will make great efforts to complete its unfinished business on China.

Arresting the slide in relations between China and the United States and then returning to normal cannot be achieved by the positive efforts of China alone. The presidential campaign complicates matters for the U.S., but it needs to participate regardless who is elected.

The future of U.S.-China relations remains uncertain, and the upcoming U.S. Presidential elections have the opportunity to fray relations further. Between territorial disputes and cyberwarfare, there are a range of issues on which the two nations must set parameters in order to maintain peace and stability.

World conditions are not conducive to another cold war, and there’s little reason to expect one. Maybe all the talk is just U.S. rhetoric to frighten others into joining an anti-China bloc.

With China, Russia and the U.S. all developing major space programs, trilateral accords and communication will be key to avoiding misunderstandings – or war – between nations.

China must study the possibilities to prevent the rebirth of the sort of chilly long-term isolation experienced by the United States and Soviet Union in the past. Above all, it should reject unhelpful ideological comparisons.

China and America’s visions seem to be increasingly at odds. If the two countries cannot realign and regain mutual trust, both nations, as well as the rest of the world, are sure to suffer.