How Arab world should react to US-China power shift
By Ramzy Baroud
US President Donald Trump’s state visit to China last week will go down in history as the moment the US finally acknowledged Beijing’s ascendancy as a global superpower. That acknowledgment does not need to be articulated in a formal statement; it can be clearly read in the subtext of diplomatic behavior, global perception and shifting media coverage.
During the summit, Trump’s delegation — which included prominent American corporate leaders — engaged with President Xi Jinping not from a position of absolute global dictation, but through a lens of defensive pragmatism. This transactional approach focused on securing bilateral trade commitments and preventing catastrophic economic friction.