Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story, this is the point.
Can the peoples of China and the United States increase exchanges against headwinds?
There has been a positive momentum over the past couple of years,
but can this momentum be sustained under President Trump?
Why should Americans, now gripped by domestic divisions and uncertainties,
care about getting to know their Chinese counterparts?
Welcome to a special edition of The Point with me, Liu Xin, coming to you from Beijing.
I'm pleased to be joined by Professor Shi Tao,
Professor and Dean of the School of International Studies and Diplomacy at Beijing Foreign Studies University,
from Hong Kong, Brian Wan,
Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong and Fellow at the Center on Contemporary China and the World of Hong Kong University,
and from Los Angeles special guest comedian Joe Wan.
The warmest welcome to all of you,
and thank you for making time for this very comprehensive but rather difficult discussion, I should say.
The children's choir, it's actually a very welcoming phenomenon on Chinese social media in January,
a video showing American children singing a Chinese song called Ruyuan,
or as you wish, in front of Beijing's iconic Temple of Heaven, just gone viral among the Chinese and netizens.
On the U.S. side, of course, we also saw the wave of social media interactions on the social media platform,
Xia Hongshu or Red Note, but first of all, I want to go to Joe Wan.
Why should Americans gripped by domestic divisions, some face losing their jobs or uncertain incomes?