{
  "id": 15712512,
  "title": "Stephen Roach: Xi May Be Using Trump Summits to Buy Time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/stephen-roach-xi-may-be-using-trump-summits-to-buy-time-15712512",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T06:48:57.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-10-20/stephen-roach-xi-may-be-using-trump-summits-to-buy-time-video-mvgbogtq"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Stephen Roach argues Xi Jinping’s willingness to engage in a series of meetings with Donald Trump may reflect concern about China’s economy and a desire to buy time. Roach suggests Xi may not share the personal camaraderie Trump portrays and says Chinese officials are likely realistic about how much progress is possible with an unpredictable counterpart. He spoke with Stephen Engle on Bloomberg's…",
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        "outlet": "Bloomberg",
        "title": "Stephen Roach: Xi May Be Using Trump Summits to Buy Time",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/stephen-roach-xi-may-be-using-trump-summits-to-buy-time",
        "published": "2026-10-20T04:26:08.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}