Efforts needed to strengthen Sino-US ties
China DailyExperts call for action to find common ground and enhance trust on both sides Government action and efforts from communities beyond government are needed to help the United States and China find common ground, enhance bilateral trust, and stabilize their relations, said US experts. Celico said the US business community has been among Washington's biggest "cheerleaders" for US-China relations. Simon said the reverberations of the "China Initiative", a terminated US Department of Justice program to prosecute certain science researchers and academics affiliated with China, was leading to an increase in the number of Chinese scholars living in the US returning to China or going to other countries. "US talent pipeline would suffer immensely if there was a sharp drop in the number of Chinese students and scholars coming to the United States," Simon said. Simon mentioned the ongoing discussions on higher education cooperation and exchanges between the US and China, with one of the significant issues being "the 290,000 Chinese students versus the so-called 400 American students in China".