Niall Ferguson: Trump Wants Détente. Xi Wants Taiwan Here’s the conventional view on Xi’s Taiwan game plan. With local elections in November this year, and a presidential election in January 2028, Xi can just wait patiently for Taiwan to fall into his lap, without having to fire a shot, instead encouraging “people-to-people exchanges,” tourism, and trade, all designed to reassure the Taiwanese that they have nothing to fear from a future of “one country, two systems.” Niall Ferguson The Free Press 13 May 2026 https://www.thefp.com/p/trump-xi-detente-taiwan-summit-stakes As Their Leaders Meet, American and Chinese People Are Drifting Apart Today, there are fewer than 2,000 American students in China — compared with 11,000 in 2019 Chinese enrollment in American universities is falling, too. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/world/asia/trump-xi-summit-people-culture.html U.S. stocks are continuing their upswing Thursday. Dow Flirts With 50000 as Investors Focus on...