US-China dialogue suggests Xi supports Trump in November election

ON the surface, the low-profile meeting between the top diplomats of China and the United States in Hawaii last week was notable mostly for being held, showing that despite bilateral relations being at their lowest ebb in four decades, the two can still talk to each other.

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo hosted Yang Jiechi, a member of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Politburo and director of the party’s Foreign Affairs Commission, at Hickam Air Force Base and the two spoke for six hours over two days, capped by a dinner.