Hot on the heels of the latest phone call between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump, it is worth recalling that, in the period between their meeting in Busan and this renewed contact, Chinese analysts were already dissecting the trajectory of the relationship.

On 2 November, the Fifth session of the China Forum and China Review Think Tank (the Double C Forum), co-hosted by Tsinghua University’s Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) and the China Review Think Tank Foundation, was held at Tsinghua University. Experts and scholars carried out in-depth analysis of the content of the talks between the Chinese and U.S. heads of state at the APEC Summit in Gyeongju, the significance of the meeting, the future direction of China-US relations and regional economic cooperation under the APEC framework, providing diverse perspectives for understanding current China-US interactions and the regional landscape.

Experts and scholars attending the Fifth session of the Double C Forum included:

• Song Wei, Professor at the School of International Studies and Research Fellow at the National Academy of Development and Strategy, Renmin University of China

• Li Nan, Deputy Director of American Strategies Division, Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

• Wang Junsheng, Research Fellow at the National Institute of International Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

• Zhao Minghao, Professor at the Institute of International Studies and Deputy Director of the Center for American Studies, Fudan University

• Wen Jing, Postdoctoral Researcher at CISS and Director of Communications at China Forum

• Guo Zhijun, Director of the International Department at China Review News Agency and Research Fellow at China Review Think Tank, who participated online.

The forum was chaired by Da Wei, CISS Director. The following forum report was released on the official CISS WeChat blog on 11 November - again, it was well before the latest phone call between Trump and Xi yesterday/Monday/November 24.

双C论坛：APEC峰会后中美关系新观察

China Forum-China Review Think Tank: New Observations on China-U.S. Relations after the APEC Summit

Song Wei, Professor at the School of International Studies and Research Fellow at the National Academy of Development and Strategy, Renmin University of China, noted that the talks between the Chinese and U.S. heads of state at this APEC Summit produced concrete results on tariff adjustments, fentanyl control, and soybean purchases. These outcomes effectively eased recent tensions between China and the United States and are of considerable