An analysis of a Trump-Xi summit in Beijing examining how the US and China might manage their strategic rivalry without military conflict, presenting it as the central challenge for both leaders.

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US President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing this week may ease tensions at the margins of the US–China rivalry. But it will not change a central fact: neither side can escape the rivalry, and neither side can decisively win it. 
The biggest challenge for Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is whether they can compete without turning the world’s most consequential bilateral relationship into its most dangerous one. A war is not inevitable.
If Washington and Beijing want to keep their competition