Pomp over progress in Xi’s US summit with Trump is a win for China

While US president hailed visit as ‘great’, almost nothing of substance was achieved on resolving thorny issues Key takeaways from the Trump-Xi summit in Washington If the Beijing meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in May was the “ stalemate summit ”, the second round of

While US president hailed visit as ‘great’, almost nothing of substance was achieved on resolving thorny issues Key takeaways from the Trump-Xi summit in Washington If the Beijing meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in May was the “ stalemate summit ”, the second round of talks between the presidents of the US and China this week seemed to give up entirely on the idea of breakthroughs. Instead, it was described as a celebration of “ diplotainment ” rather than diplomacy, where pomp prevailed over progress and where one of the main outcomes was the news that two giant pandas would soon be sent from China to Atlanta zoo. Continue reading...