Taiwan and flattery for Xi

By WILL WEISSERT, AAMER MADHANI, KANIS LEUNG, SIMINA MISTREANU, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and HUIZHONG WU, Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — For three days in China, President Donald Trump was unusually quiet, not speaking to reporters much and even mostly staying off social media. Then he got on his plane home and unloaded. Trump’s trip was unexpectedly dominated by discussions about Taiwan and the notion that Washington and Beijing could adopt a new framework for managing their complicated relationship. Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off the whirlwind visit with a warning: If Washington mishandles its relations with the self-governing island of Taiwan,…