Editor's note

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.

Reema Rattan

Global Commissioning Editor

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Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet US President Donald Trump for the first time on April 6 and 7. Toby Melville/Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Trump-Xi summit is just the start of dealing with thorny issues in US-Sino relations

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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