Trump & Xi, Carry on Westminster, the french pivot

Trump & Xi, Carry on Westminster, the french pivot

In a week that’s seen the world’s superpowers take centre stage with President Trump in Beijing for the first state visit of a US leader in almost a decade. With tensions over trade, technology and Taiwan, what stayed tacitly implied was the deeper, more difficult question of whether the two alpha powers of world order can share the 21st Century, or, is a confrontation ultimately unavoidable?

By Gavin LEE