Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing “concluded with great fanfare, but without much clarity as to the concrete results obtainedâ€résume The Guardian. Because if the American president assured Friday May 15 that he had “réglé†with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping “many different problems that others would not have been able to solveâ€he only provided “few details on the nature of these solutionsâ€.
The Chinese leader, in the spirit of Trump, also said Friday “having found significant consensus with the US President on multiple issues – including maintaining stable Sino-US economic and trade relationsâ€relave China Daily. But he also remained generally stingy with details.
And as pointed out Al-Jazeera, even though both parties published during these two days “statements detailing topics discussed by Trump and Xiâ€these “only overlap on a limited number of pointsâ€White House reports “referring to issues not mentioned in Chinese Foreign Ministry statements, and vice versa….
“The heart of the relationship has not changedâ€
Even on trade agreements – the main objective of Donald Trump, who took a collection of big American bosses to China – the results are uncertain: the tenant of the White House left Beijing, claiming to have concluded “fantastic trade deals, great for both countriesâ€more “few details have filtered out as to the points on which the two superpowers agreed…tempère la BBC.
The most résumé, “despite all the ceremony and spectacle†, this sum “will not have been, in the end, very importantâ€statement have Guardian Amanda Hsiao, director of the China section at the consulting and analysis firm Eurasia Group. “The heart of the relationship has not changed†, she says.
“Whatever pleasantries are exchanged in Beijing, China remains determined to annex Taiwan and supplant the United States as the world’s leading power…écrit en écho la très conservatrice National Review.
“Meetings such as the one in Beijing should, in the tradition of Cold War summits, aim to prevent rivalry from degenerating into conflict.â€. Or “Innocuous comments from a Chinese spokesperson suggest some progress has been made in this regardâ€adds the magazine.
“Lack of substanceâ€
For many media outlets, this is perhaps the most significant accomplishment of the summit. Because if Donald Trump left Beijing “without any immediate sign that the United States and China have resolved the thorny challenges that poison their tumultuous relationsâ€analyse CNN, “eye leaves with a freshly stabilized relationship with the Chinese leaderâ€.
Et “Given the deterioration of relations in recent years, the fact that the two leaders parted on warm terms and in agreement on the importance of their ties demonstrates a move towards stabilization, at a time when a destabilized world yearns for desperate for geopolitical calm…adds the string.
An opinion shared by the South China Morning Post, who notes that “lack of substance†from the top “refocused attention on appearance, spectacle, general ambiance and personal affinitiesâ€. And if the announcements were true “decevantesâ€we must recognize “la grande importance†of these aspects “positiveâ€when we are dealing with two superpowers like China and the United States.
