The announcements on Wednesday morning that senior Chinese and US officials are set to hold talks in Switzerland later this week over trade and economic issues came as a surprise to many, but not to readers of this column.
You did predict the trade talks between China and the US but your closing sentence is a real torpedo to the hopes of many "The closer bond between Xi and Putin suggests that such theories are little more than delusions."
You did predict the trade talks between China and the US but your closing sentence is a real torpedo to the hopes of many "The closer bond between Xi and Putin suggests that such theories are little more than delusions."
The media here (Australia) are saying that the USA called China first.