http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Hawaii,-Beijing-and-Washington-in-talks,-but-conflict-escalates-50379.html
Hawaii, Beijing and Washington in talks, but conflict escalates by Emanuele Scimia The meeting in Hawaii between Yang Jiechi and Mike Pompeo was "constructive" for the Chinese; the US response is cold. The January trade agreement is struggling to take off and the technological war is worsening. The White House attacks Xi Jinping on Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Two US aircraft carriers and a flotilla of submarines deployed in East Asia. Trump could take advantage of Xi's internal and external difficulties in the presidential campaign. In a nutshell, the Hawaii meeting says Washington and Beijing will continue to talk to each other, but both will remain in their (distant) positions. The White House is on the offensive against Xi Jinping, whose power no longer seems as monolithic as it once was. From what is emerging, the Chinese leader is challenged by *Premier Li Keqiang <http://www.asianews.it/news-en/With-Xi-Jinping,-the-most-wonderful-chapter-in-world-socialism-in-500-years,-better-than-capitalism-50360.html>*, who advocates returning to the economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin to overcome the recessive effects of Covid-19.
