China’s leaders say that Biden offers a ‘new window of hope.’ Their experts are more skeptical.

Beijing is likely to seek short-term stability as it anticipates a long-term advantage, writes Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government, in a Washington Post op-ed. Chen Weiss gives four areas to watch on what a new U.S. administration will mean for U.S.-China relations.

“As the Biden administration takes office, many observers are wondering about the escalation in U.S.-China tensions in recent months,” Chen Weiss and co-author Kacie Miura write in the piece. “The rocky transition of power, as many U.S. commentators note, has left the United States in an especially vulnerable position.”

Read the story in the Washington Post.