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China up close

'Poker player' Xi made Trump think twice about Kim summit

Beijing's new foreign policy czar Wang Qishan is calling the shots

KATSUJI NAKAZAWA, Nikkei senior staff writer | China

TOKYO -- "President Xi is a world-class poker player."

U.S. President Donald Trump spoke these words on Tuesday as he described the Chinese leader's meddling with the U.S.-North Korea summit.

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