Beijing, Dec. 3 -- : A leading Chinese foreign relations expert opined that China must stop 'wishful thinking' about the incoming US President-elect Joe Biden's administration and clearly define the nature of its relationship with the US as a competitor.

Yan Xuetong, Dean of the Institute of International Relations at Beijing's Tsinghua University said there would be an "uneasy peace" in the decade ahead, featuring an increasingly fierce rivalry between the two great powers and hedging policy moves from smaller parties, reported South China Morning Post.

"Unpredictability, uncertainty will still be the basic characteristic of the coming years... The world will definitely become more chaotic," Yan said on Wednesday at the Beijing Xiangshan...