At the invitation of US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Washington for a state visit. CGTN's Wang Guan offers in‑depth analysis of the China‑US presidential summit. Deep-rooted economic interdependence, modern communications and people‑to‑people bonds are rewriting the old historical scripts of the Thucydides Trap. Competition may be a structural reality, but clash is not preordained. See how China and the US can break free from the fatalistic narrative of an "inevitable conflict."