‘Tidying the strategic landscape’: How China is strengthening its hand before Trump-Xi summit
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The convergence in timing of China’s recent flurry of diplomatic efforts with neighbours, as well as outreach towards Taiwan, has reinforced its broader effort to shape the ground ahead of the Trump-Xi summit, say analysts. BEIJING: China has stepped up diplomatic engagement across multiple fronts ahead of an anticipated meeting between President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump next month, in what analysts say is a calculated bid to strengthen its negotiating hand for the summit. In
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