China Wants Trump to Roll Out the Red Carpet-and Roll Over

When Xi Jinping arrives in the U.S. next month for a state visit, he will watch out for the details that matter greatly to the Chinese leader: the warmth of the reception, the size of the red carpet, the grandness of the protocol. But Xi also will bring with him China’s playbook for dealing with U.S.-China relations—nudge President Donald Trump to bypass normal political and bureaucratic channels and to engage in “top-down management.” He will be nudging on an at least half-open door, as it’s something the U.S. president is known to like. Yet there’s a term for it in…