Beijing bound: What the Trump-Xi summit in May reveals about a world in flux
Underlying all issues is the broader contest for global influence
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WHEN US President Donald Trump touches down in Beijing on May 14, it will mark the first visit by a sitting US president to China since Trump himself made the trip in 2017.
That symmetry is fitting, and telling.
Nearly a decade on, the world looks dramatically different, yet the same two men will once again sit across the table from each other, carrying the weight of the most consequential bilateral relationship on the planet.
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