Xi Gives Trump an ‘Easy’ Win, Smoothing Path for Next Summit

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President Xi Jinping agreed to free imprisoned Christian pastor Ezra Jin Mingri at President Donald Trump’s request, marking an improved state of US-China relations ahead of challenging negotiations before their next summit in September. Jin arrived in Los Angeles on July 4, coinciding with America’s 250th birthday, in what appears to be the first such humanitarian move by China secured since Trump’s summit with Xi. Trump said he expects to meet Xi in Washington around September 24, weeks before a one-year trade war truce expires. Despite the release, several members of Jin’s underground Zion Church remain detained, and the Dui Hua Foundation estimates more than 200 Americans were detained in China as of late 2024. Analysts suggest Beijing is willing to generate goodwill on relatively easy issues but is unlikely to make major concessions, with cases like that of former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai remaining a red line.

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