Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet US President Donald Trump for the first time today at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach. On the agenda are a number of contentious issues ranging from US recognition of the one-China policy to trade, and North Korea’s growing belligerence.
Trump has already noted that it will be a “very difficult” meeting while indications from Beijing are that it will merely be a warm-up exercise. Whatever the world’s expectations, Hak Yin Li makes the case that we shouldn't hope for resounding resolutions.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet US President Donald Trump for the first time on April 6 and 7.
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Hak-yin Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong
The US-China summit is not just a bilateral matter. Countries around the word are closely watching the interaction between a retreating great power and an emerging one.
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Politics + Society
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Veranika Laputska, Polish Academy of Sciences; Aliaksandr Papko
President Lukashenko's recent reconciliation with Putin is unlikely to help Belarussian citizens caught up in post-Soviet economic and social turmoil.
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Yuan Zeng, City University of Hong Kong
Among last week's prank stories, one in Pakistan is a perfect illustration of the fears and complexity of its relations with its neighbours.
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Business + Economy
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Melissa Tandiwe Myambo, University of Johannesburg
Traditional economists cannot quantify or measure the effect of white male privilege in facilitating business dealings or obtaining employment in emerging market economies.
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Max Harris, University of Oxford; Alexander E. Kentikelenis, University of Oxford
In a highly individualistic world where work prevents us from spending time with friends and family, a universal basic income could change society.
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