Julian Gewirtz on Trump-Xi Summit, AI, and Mao Dead Fifty Years Ago!

Gewirtz says the Xi-Trump summit is symbolism without substance, and the real long-term China risk is Xi's succession, not economic decline.

• No substantive agenda: Gewirtz says Xi's US visit—the first since 2015—lacks a deep policy agenda; Trump wants pageantry and to 'change the channel' on issues like the Iran war.
• Concessions have flipped: Things once seen as US concessions to China (state visits, chip sales like the H200) are now framed in Washington as Beijing conceding to Trump.

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