Rex Tillerson’s recent trip to Beijing attracted a wave of commentary fixated upon the question of whether the new Secretary of State had sold out by accepting Xi Jinping’s linguistic formulation of U.S.-China relations.
Tillerson’s messaging to Xi on the North Korea issue took second place to this question, or third, if we count the many essays expressing frustration with Tillerson’s self-imposed segregation from the normal press corps.
Rex Tillerson’s recent trip to Beijing attracted a wave of commentary fixated upon the question of whether the new Secretary of State had sold out by accepting Xi Jinping’s linguistic formulation of U.S.-China relations.
Tillerson’s messaging to Xi on the North Korea issue took second place to this question, or third, if we count the many essays expressing frustration with Tillerson’s self-imposed segregation from the normal press corps.
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