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Author Archives: Victor Zhikai Gao

Victor Zhikai Gao is a Chinese international-relations expert and translator. He is a director of the China National Association of International Studies, chair professor of Soochow University and an executive director of the Beijing Private Equity Association. He is best known for his position as the late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping's translator and currently an international expert on Chinese issues. Gao is the vice-president of the Center for China and Globalization.

Posted inOpinion

Forget ‘destined for war’; embrace ‘inevitable peace’

by Victor Zhikai Gao July 6, 2021July 7, 2021

The steady deterioration of China-US relations has caused concern in many quarters, leading to worries that the two powers will fall into Thucydides’ Trap, and claims that they are Destined for War.    While it is expected that China-US relations will get worse before there is any chance of their getting better, war is not […]

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