00:00U.S. President Donald Trump's summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping may have been largely symbolic,
00:07but an analyst says it should not be dismissed.
00:10Tokyo International University Professor Hak Yin Li says the summit sent a message
00:15that Washington and Beijing are still willing to talk and negotiate.
00:23Well, superfiscally, for sure, this is symbolic. Symbolic in the sense that you offer the world,
00:29the two countries that are willing to talk, willing to negotiate, willing to communicate here.
00:34But I believe that under the table, or maybe behind the scenes,
00:38there will be some sort of other more detailed, fine adjustment between the two countries,
00:42but definitely they're not going to inform anyone regarding what they're going to do regarding Iran,
00:46or let's say Korea, the penitentiary nuclear crisis, or maybe even Taiwan.
00:52This is something beyond our information.
00:55The summit included bilateral talks, musical performances by U.S. military bands,
01:01and a tour of the White House led by Trump, followed by a state dinner.
01:05Despite the ceremony and diplomatic pomp, no major deals have been announced.
01:10Li also noted that no major Chinese business delegations appeared to accompany Xi,
01:15saying this could suggest that Beijing does not want to commit too much.
01:19The summit comes after Trump's sharp warning at the UN,
01:23where he said the United States could annihilate Iran.
01:26His tone towards Xi most markedly different,
01:28reflecting what Li describes as a shift in the balance of power
01:32following the U.S.-China trade war and Washington's tariff concessions.
01:36Li also pointed to Xi's visit to Egypt and the BRICS summit before arriving in the United States,
01:42saying they show Beijing is pursuing a broader set of priorities.
01:47He says the U.S. and China are not necessarily playing a zero-sum game,
01:51despite their growing strategic rivalry.
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