A survey of 50 Chinese-language commentaries published around the summit shows the trip being described as a paradigmatic shift.

Don’t judge the Beijing summit by the lack of deals, because US President Donald Trump has once again invoked the “G2”, says former SCMP editor-in-chief Wang Xiangwei.

The U.S. and Chinese readouts agree on one phrase: constructive strategic stability.

The state visit by the President of the United States to China was widely seen as an urgently needed stabilizer in Sino-US ties that was facing unpredictability.