Japanese Scholar Analyzes Trump-Xi Meeting: China's Upgraded Protocol Shows Urgency to Improve Relations

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Japanese international politics scholar Kazuo Asano analyzed that in the recent Trump-Xi meeting, China's significant upgrade in reception protocol highlights Beijing's strong emphasis and urgency in improving US-China relations. Asano argues that the US has abandoned its past expectation that China would liberalize as it grew economically, and now approaches the relationship from a perspective of strategic utility.