After the US-China Summit (opens in new tab)

The summit between presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump took place on May 14. The media has focused on the facts that little was achieved and, especially, that Xi insisted China regain Taiwan as part of China. Both of these statements are true, but the most important things that many in the media have downplayed are that the summit did take place and the things that were said there. This is the rare case in geopolitics where words might matter a great deal. In general, summits are not where...