Trump-Xi truce gives China opening to reshape Asian order

President Xi Jinping visits Washington on Thursday as the U.S. and China extend their truce, with both sides seeking to stabilize a contentious relationship rather than reach a grand bargain. Expectations for the summit are modest, following recent disputes over Pentagon listings of Chinese firms, AI competition, tariffs, and Taiwan arms sales. Both nations have established an AI cooperation dialogue mechanism. Beijing's long-term goal is a reshaped Asian security order with reduced U.S. influence, pursuing "Asian solutions to Asian problems" and managing competition from a position of greater equality.