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China cooks up token concessions for Trump summit

The meeting between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump has been postponed until mid-May in Beijing.
The meeting between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump has been postponed until mid-May in Beijing. © Adek Berry, Annabelle Gordon/AFP
Xi Jinping is readying a slew of economic and diplomatic concessions for the US president's visit: big gas and soya purchases, easing of travel restrictions and even a potential Boeing order. At the same time, the Chinese leader wants to keep strategic control of the North Korea and Taiwan issues. [...]
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