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'They Don't Really Know What To Think': Trump's Unpredictable Relationship With China

Magazines featuring front pages of President Trump and China's President Xi Jinping are displayed at a news stand in Beijing on April 6, 2017. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)
Magazines featuring front pages of President Trump and China's President Xi Jinping are displayed at a news stand in Beijing on April 6, 2017. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)

With a trade war looming with China and a highly anticipated summit with North Korea now cancelled, President Trump is redrawing the diplomatic map in Asia.

Here & Now‘s Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with longtime China watcher John Pomfret (@jepomfret), former Washington Post bureau chief in Beijing, for more insight on the president’s unorthodox approach.

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