TOKYO -- British diplomat Henry Wotton famously said in 1604 that "an ambassador is an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country."
The coronavirus pandemic has upped the stakes in the game of global chess between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. (Nikkei Montage/ Source photos by AP and Reuters)
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