Hong Kong Media on Trump-Xi Summit: US and China Can Avoid the Thucydides Trap

Following the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, several Hong Kong media outlets published editorials suggesting that the two superpowers can break the "Thucydides Trap." The Sing Tao Daily noted that Xi's questions about overcoming the trap indicate Beijing's urgency in stabilizing bilateral relations. The Hong Kong Economic Journal emphasized that avoiding conflict requires balancing the interests of both the established and rising powers. Ming Pao highlighted their agreement to build a "constructive and strategic stable relationship," ending years of instability, provided the US is willing to cooperate.