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How Xi's 'Thucydides Trap' Question Frames New Chapter in China-US Ties

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"Can China and the United States overcome the Thucydides Trap and create a new paradigm of major-country relations?" Chinese President Xi Jinping asked the question during his talks with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, placing a broader historical
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The Trap of Tucydides

That China is an emerging power is not news to anyone who has followed the macroeconomic indicators of the last decade. However, what happened this week in Beijing transcends the export figures or the yuan parity. What the world attested was the formal declaration of a nation ready to claim its place at the top of the global order. President Xi Jinping’s elegant and clear reference to Donald Trump about the “Tucidide Trap” could not be more conc…

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China's leader cited ancient Greek historian Thucydides during a meeting with the US president in Beijing. By Kate Lamb / The Guardian Translation: Telegrafi.com A chaotic war in the Middle East. Tensions in Taiwan. When the leaders of the world's two superpowers met in Beijing this week, these were the flashpoints everyone expected them to talk about. But instead, Chinese leader Xi Jinping brought up another war - an ancient war. In his opening…

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CGTN broke the news in Beijing, China on Friday, May 15, 2026.
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