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Diplomacy as theater: China's obsession with Beijing-Washington summits

Diplomacy as theater: China's obsession with Beijing-Washington summits

In a lengthy phone conversation last week with China's communist leader, President Trump accepted Xi Jinping's invitation to visit Beijing soon.

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