Chinese President Xi says China and US must be allies, not adversaries, while he is confident China and US can find the right path to coexist in a new era according to Xinhua

Conciliatory framing from the Chinese leadership has tended to arrive at inflection points in the bilateral cycle, either ahead of scheduled senior-level contact or following a period of escalating rhetoric, and the phrasing itself is doing the work: language of this warmth from the top of the system is usually pre-cleared and deliberate rather than offhand. The distinction worth drawing is between atmospherics and deliverables. Statements of intent coexistence have historically preceded tactical de-escalations, tariff pauses, resumed working groups, restored military channels, rather than structural resolution, and the pattern has been for goodwill language to buy time while the underlying disputes on technology controls, industrial policy and Taiwan remain untouched. Transmission on past occasions of this kind has run through the offshore yuan and China-exposed equity and commodity complex, with the move fading when no concrete follow-through materialises. What matters next is whether the rhetoric is matched by scheduling, a leader-level call or meeting, a resumption of suspended dialogues, or any softening in export-control or tariff posture from either side. Xinhua as the carrier signals official endorsement of the framing, which raises its weight relative to ministerial-level comment.