Living question · provisional
Can US-China stabilisation combine practical cooperation with respect for Taiwanese choices?
Trade and security decisions affect people absent from the negotiations.
What we currently think
The trade extension is useful; it does not settle affected people's participation in security decisions.
Latest movement · New thread
Trump and Xi extend the truce; Taiwan has its own voice
The trade truce gains two months. Summit warmth settles neither Taiwanese rights nor AI governance.
Working hypotheses
No public hypothesis yet.
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New thread
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Issue 10
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Published onTrump and Xi extend the truce; Taiwan has its own voice
The trade truce gains two months. Summit warmth settles neither Taiwanese rights nor AI governance.
Judgment : The trade extension is useful; it does not settle affected people's participation in security decisions.
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- Takeaways from Trump-Xi summit: Lots of pomp and even more punting on tensions in US-China relations
AP reports a two-month extension of the trade truce and continuing disagreements.
- 习近平同美国总统特朗普会谈
China's readout advocates AI cooperation and sets out Beijing's demand on Taiwan.
- 有關中國外交部在川習會晤後發布新聞稿稱，呼籲美方「要謹慎處理台灣問題」、「反對『台獨』的正確立場」、「為中美戰略合作和兩國關係發展奠定堅實基礎」等，外交部回應如下：
Taipei disputes China's presentation and says Taiwan's people must determine its future.
- Takeaways from Trump-Xi summit: Lots of pomp and even more punting on tensions in US-China relations