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US allies Japan and South Korea, whose leaders have faced meetings with US President Donald Trump with trepidation, could only envy the recent red-carpet welcome accorded to America’s arch rival. An effusive Trump called China’s leader Xi Jinping “very smart”, a “great leader” and a “good friend”. He met Xi at the airport, something no US president had done for a foreign political leader since John F. Kennedy in 1962. Prior to the Trump-Xi meeting in September, Japan and South Korea viewed the talks with apprehension but also held out hope for more US support for their national security and…
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