TOKYO -- Two days after hosting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping convened a meeting of his top diplomatic team on Friday and Saturday to discuss long-term strategy.
"We must not get lost in the complex and changing international situation," Xi said, referring to increasingly in-flux geopolitical realities, in no small part accelerated by U.S. President Donald Trump. "China needs a clear understanding" of its status and role in the evolving world pattern, and must formulate principles and policies "through cool-headed analysis of international phenomena and China's relation to the rest of the world," he said.
