China's Xi now knows Trump's strategy gap

(Mar 15): It was 24 hours that illustrated why the US is struggling to counter China’s rising geopolitical clout.

In Beijing, President Xi Jinping unveiled a sweeping diplomatic overhaul to better distribute Chinese largesse and support a decades-long plan to achieve great power status. In Washington, Donald Trump fired his top diplomat by tweet and laid bare months of policy disputes between the White House and State Department.

The episodes on either side of the Pacific highlight a growing gap in strategic planning between the world’s two largest economies. While Xi implements policies poised to reshape global rules for years to come, Trump’s top policy team remains in flux 14 months into his tenure.

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