BEIJING -- With U.S. President Donald Trump's visit here this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping demonstrated growing confidence in his country dealing with the U.S. as a peer, using flattery and strategic cooperation to smooth over trouble spots like trade.
"There can be no more important subject than" China-U.S. relations, Trump declared at the outset of Thursday's summit. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Xi invited Trump to Beijing to elicit those words.
