The Trump-Xi summit exposes a US disadvantage in the Global South
- Founding director of the China Institute and Mactaggart Research Chair Emeritus at the University of Alberta.
- Published On 25 Sep 2026Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United States came with all the choreography: a B-2 flyover, pandas, a Nixon-era toast.
- But for anyone watching from the Global South, the spectacle was beside the point.
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- Founding director of the China Institute and Mactaggart Research Chair Emeritus at the University of Alberta.
- Published On 25 Sep 2026Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United States came with all the choreography: a B-2 flyover, pandas, a Nixon-era toast.
- But for anyone watching from the Global South, the spectacle was beside the point.
Sources: Al Jazeera