What Can Trump's China Visit Really Achieve?
The American president may be hoping to get more cooperation on North Korea—but there’s a fundamental divergence in how the two sides see the problem.
by Tong Zhao
Nov 08, 2017
3 minutes
The American president may have expected to use his meeting with China’s Xi Jinping on Wednesday to press China to “do more” to address the North Korean nuclear threat. As the 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party has just concluded, securing Xi’s place at the top of Chinese politics for at least the next five years, many analysts believe Xi now has more latitude to address the North Korean crisis and to take tougher measures against Pyongyang. In particular, Trump may be hoping to use
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