The Eighth China-US Dialogue on Strategic Nuclear Dynamics, Issues & Insights, Vol. 14, No. 9, Beijing, People's Republic of China, November 4-5, 2013The commitment made by US President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the
June 2013 Sunnylands Summit in California to forge a “new type of major country relations”
between the United States and China has set a highly positive tone for the bilateral relationship.
It has provided a useful framework to advance US-China cooperation (and better manage
competition) on a range of issues, including in the strategic nuclear field where key
disagreements persist and where there is still no official bilateral dialogue
