NEW ARTICLE: US Diplomacy with China: Real or Imagined?

My latest in the Global Times analyzes the critical context for why expectations for the Xi-Biden Summit today are low.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden will meet on the sidelines of the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in San Francisco, California. The meeting comes amid several high-profile visits between the two sides in recent weeks. At first glance, these encounters indicate that relations are headed in the right direction. However, a closer loo…