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China's Long Game for the Singapore Summit
While Trump and Kim play checkers, Xi has the Go board out.
All part of a plan.
Photographer: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
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As we approach the Singapore Summit between Kim Jung Un and Donald Trump -- two volatile leaders drawn inexorably to the flame of international publicity without a clear idea of how the talks will come out -- there is a larger agenda at play that is far less visible to the public.
While North Korea and the U.S. play a simple game of checkers, with characteristic stops and starts, the Chinese have an entirely different board game open in front of them -- the ancient game of Go.