US needs a lot more than pandas in superpower stalemate with China | Craig Singleton

President Donald Trump welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the White House on September 24. The encounter was characterized by unmistakable stagecraft, featuring a formal state dinner and smiles for the cameras. Both leaders utilized carefully scripted statements of goodwill during the event. However, this diplomatic display occurs within the context of a broader superpower stalemate between the US and China, suggesting that symbolic gestures like pandas are insufficient to resolve deep-seated tensions between the two nations.