Do we have to choose between Xi and Trump? AFTER Chinese President Xi Jinping left Manila on Wednesday, I sat down with some homegrown analysts to assess the impact of his two-day visit. This has made Xi DU30’s most comfortable natural ally, even without China’s promised economic grants and investments. But he keeps himself in check, for so long as Trump maintains his silence on the extra-judicial killings. In this, Trump behaves exactly like Xi, who will not say one word about the killings.

Source: Manila Times November 22, 2018 16:30 UTC