China-US talks with top diplomats 'small step' towards Trump, Xi meeting

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Trump and Xi last spoke in June over the phone.
49% : Xi is unlikely to confirm the date and possibility of a meet with Trump until there is an "agreed scripted list of items to talk about" with his counterpart, said Lim Tai Wei, a professor and East Asia expert at Japan's Soka University.
39% : "China's unique political system does not allow any surprises to spring up during any summit with Trump," Lim told AFP.
30% : "The president is known to make and change decisions quickly, so it may be premature to predict that some leaders' meeting is imminent," he cautioned, referring to Trump.
25% : The calls came days after Xi presided over a major parade to mark the end of World War II, bringing together leaders including Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un. Trump accused the three leaders of conspiring against the United States.

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