Cha Daojiong, a Double-appointed professor at Peking University School of International Relations and School of South-South Cooperation and Development, in an article published by The Paper (March 30) captioned 'How do China and the United States manage their differences?' said it is difficult for the two countries to manage their differences but suggested steps for the next four years.  He said that "From a geographical point of view, the United States is located between two oceans, and the ocean provides a natural barrier for its national security; while China is located in the disputed Eurasian continent with a broad ocean to the east, which makes it a major issue on national security issues. A sense of vulnerability that is not difficult to understand. In the past few decades, Chinese and American societies have always viewed each other as threats, especially when they encounter major domestic challenges, the blame for each other will always be extremely fierce. We can roughly understand the current "China threat theory" in the United States and China's defense against American conspiracies." Explaining China's pursuit of "rejuvenation" to the United States and the West, he referred to the "hundred-year humiliation" since the Opium War and said China wished to "one day be strong enough to wash away its shame, and the east wind will overwhelm the west wind" and this "is necessary to form the cohesion of the country and society, and it is also a way to keep oneself alert. The points are more defensive." He asserted that it is "commonsense" that a rejuvenated China, will not "avenge" the West as this would be sufficient reason for the West "to attack or initiate an attack, especially when such an attack will definitely lead to counterattacks and even devastation." Noting that "China did not have the opportunity to participate in the formation and evolution of these rules without interruption until it returned to the United Nations system in 1971" and "its views on the international order and related issues would be different from the West, which is the main shaper of order", he argued that "as China's experience in participating in rulemaking continues to increase, the mutual misunderstandings between Chinese and American elites on related issues will be greatly reduced, and the resulting differences will also shrink". Stating that the international order is formed by history and a process of continuous evolution, not static, he said "China and the United States need to be open to changes in the relative position of their country in the future". Justifying China's actions during the Covid pandemic outbreak, he concluded with the observation that "Only the pursuit of effective management of differences is the right way for both countries."