PoliticsTrump views US-China ties as a personal friendship; Xi sees the US as an adversary to manage

President Trump’s highly personalized approach to Xi Jinping may give Beijing opportunities to exploit, a China studies expert warns. While the United States remains a powerful actor, leverage at the negotiating table does not necessarily match its power on paper; Xi approaches the relationship by treating the US as an adversary to manage rather than a personal friend.

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