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EDITORIAL Trump Visit Launches New Era in U.S.-China Relations by William Jones Nov. 12—The three-day visit of Presi- dent Donald Trump to the People’s Re- public of China for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping has laid the basis for an entirely new type of relationship between the United States and China, and built the framework for coopera- tion for a policy of global develop- ment. Not since President Nixon went to China on his first historic visit 45 years ago, has a visit of a U.S. Presi- dent to China had such profound im- plications for the world. Before President Trump left on his 11-day trip to Asia, the media and the pundits were filled with articles claim- ing that the President was going to White House/Andrea Hanks President Xi (left) and President Trump being greeted Nov. 10 during his visit to create a provocation against the DPRK China. (North Korea), give a dressing down to the South Korean President for being soft on the DPRK, collaborator with each leader. While he minced no and wrangle on trade issues with the Chinese President. words in speaking to the South Korean National As- But none of that happened. On the contrary, in his sembly about his disdain for the policies of the North encounters with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Korean leadership, at the same time he pointed out that with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, and most there could be a “brighter path for North Korea,” if it decisively with Chinese President Xi Jinping, President were willing to relinquish its nuclear ambitions. More Donald Trump proved himself an eminent statesman, important, he came to Asia with the understanding that leaving each leader with the clear feeling that this visit the rising importance of China in the world community by the U.S. President had been a tremendous success. was not a threat but an opportunity—an opportunity to While President Trump’s task on his lengthy Asia change the direction of politics, toward a more peaceful tour was in part to reassure allies that the United States and prosperous world for all peoples. was not turning its back on this all-important region of What the media and the pundits also ignored in their the world, he did not come in as the belligerent leader of ominous predictions, was the fact that the U.S. Presi- some threatening coalition, but rather as a friend and dent had already established a substantial and close re- 2 A Second Westphalia EIR November 17, 2017 lationship with the Chinese President, as a result of their four personal meetings and numerous phone calls and messages. Presi- dent Trump had sent congratulations to President Xi after the 19th Party Congress accepted Xi’s new direction in policy with his proposal for a “new era” in China’s for- eign policy, and had incorporated the goals of President Xi’s seminal Belt and Road Initiative into the Communist Party’s con- stitution. And President Trump’s unusual invitation earlier this year to President Xi and his wife to visit him at his home in Mar-a-Lago, provided an extraordinary personal touch, the significance of which did not go unnoticed by the Chinese leader. More Than a State Visit And the Chinese President more than Xinhua/Rao Aimin reciprocated this kindness in the welcome First Lady and President Trump being welcomed by China President Xi he gave to President Trump and his wife, Jinping (center) and his wife, Peng Liyuan (right) at the square outside the East Gate of of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Nov. 9, 2017. Melania, in Beijing. It was labeled a “state visit-plus” by the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Cui Tiankai, and a “state visit-plus- And the guide for the President and his wife on a plus” by President Xi! Neither level of welcome has tour of the Palace Museum located in the Forbidden ever occurred before. City, was none other than President Xi himself. Both In an extraordinary gesture, the historic Forbidden President Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, took President City, previously the home of the Chinese emperors, was Trump and his wife, Melania, on a tour through the entirely closed, and it was prepared as the venue for a Forbidden City. And what better guide for such a tour private dinner with a foreign dignitary Nov. 8. While than the Chinese President, whose keen sense of the many major foreign guests, and in particular heads of history of the Chinese people is so much a fabric of his state, often visit the Forbidden City when they first own being. More than a tour through a famous monu- come to Beijing, this was the first time since