Quick Thoughts: Summit Wins, Xi’s Thucydides Trap, and China's Great Reversal

The Enemedia heard a threat. But in fact, Xi may be realizing China’s best hope is détente: the map is closing in, America is awake, and the old bluff no longer works.Donald Trump had an exceptionally good China summit this week. Xi Jinping did too. He might even realize it. The Enemedia, of course, is filled with talk of Xi’s “Thucydides Trap” reference, and sees it as a threat. From my point of view, it appears they didn’t actually read Graham Allison’s book (but do reporters actually read books? Little evidence suggests they do). More on that in a minute.Trump...