Posted on 04/13/2017 8:47:03 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
Chinese leader Xi Jinping's two-day summit meeting with Donald Trump, overshadowed by the U.S. attack on Syria, gave each president the chance to take the measure of the other and, apparently, each liked what he saw. From the Chinese perspective, things went very well indeed, with China taking the initiative and the Americans going along.
It wasn't supposed to be like that. Trump had plans to pressure Xi to reduce the U.S. trade deficit. Trump also expected Xi to "step up" and help rein in North Korea. Neither thing happened.
From the beginning, China felt it had the situation under control. Rex Tillerson had shown willingness to placate China by adopting its vocabulary — "no conflict, no confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation" — to describe the relationship.
A major commentary published in the People's Daily April 1, was headlined "Xi Jinping's big diplomatic move draws global attention."
It discussed Xi's state visit to Finland, followed by his tete-a-tete in Palm Springs with Donald Trump. This, the official party paper indicated, was Xi's initiative.
Indeed, the Mar-a-Lago meeting was a big diplomatic move by Xi. After months in which Trump, first as candidate, then as president-elect, and finally as president, castigated China for "raping" the U.S., for "stealing" American jobs and then announcing that he might depart from the "One China" policy adopted by the U.S. since the 1970s, China decided that it had to rein him in.
Beijing's first notable success was when Trump promised Xi over the phone that he would abide by the "One China" policy after all.... (Exerpt)
Right direction my foot. Did Pelosie compromise when she did this to us?
It was a step in the right direction - the Repubs cannot ever stick together which make it really hard to get some of their supposed agendas started. Pelosi and the Dims stood solid as they screwed us royally; anything that lessens that screwing is a step in the right direction.
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