How the ‘G2’ effect of Trump-Xi summit is reverberating through Asia
Chinese state media echoed the official description of the Trump-Xi summit as forging the right way for the major powers to get along and writing a new chapter in ties. The coverage played up the fact that Trump gave Xi the highest-level reception and met him at the airport, the first time since 1962 that a US president has done so for a visiting leader other than a pope. The article frames the meeting as the world's two biggest powers speaking of respecting each other and swapping stories about a war against Japan.
Why it matters: It shows how the symbolism of a summit is being used to shape the narrative surrounding US-China relations in Asia.