Expert sees opportunity for better Sino-US ties

Perspective

Top China expert Kenneth Lieberthal believes the country's leadership change in the past few months and the upcoming National People's Congress provide a great opportunity to improve Sino-US relations.

Lieberthal said the administration of US President Barack Obama is carefully considering how to develop a more stable and positive rapport with China. "And we hope that the Chinese leadership is doing the same in the other direction," said Lieberthal, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank.