How the ‘G2’ effect of Trump-Xi summit is reverberating through Asia

For American and Chinese people interested in the outcome of the latest summit between China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, their conclusions could not be more different if they turn to the media and pundits for guidance.

Chinese state media spared no superlative, echoing the official description of the summit as: forging the right way for the major powers to get along and writing a new…