Pragmatic peace: Biden-Xi summit must be another Zurich, not Anchorage

The US and China must draw on recent diplomatic pragmatism to stave off disaster in the Taiwan Strait

The Biden and Xi teams need to adopt a template of compromise at the upcoming summit to de-escalate dangerously high tensions in the Taiwan Strait. PHOTO: NYTIMES
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The United States and China must make the most of the planned Biden-Xi virtual summit to apply the brakes on spiralling tensions that risk war in the Taiwan Strait and to install guardrails on their relationship .

Last month's release of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor along with Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou shows that compromise between the two sides is not impossible.

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