Zheng Yongnian is a political scientist in China and a government adviser. His academic work is mainly about contemporary China, particularly politics, the country’s transformation and its external relations. SCMP Plus readers get early access to articles in the Open Questions series. Many have offered a lukewarm assessment of the Xi-Trump summit in Washington, citing the lack of a breakthrough. What is your take? There are two primary views right now. One is nihilism, which holds that China and...
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FRI · 2026-10-02 · 08:02 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-1002-115782
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Zheng Yongnian on what to expect from future Xi-Trump meetings
Political scientist and government adviser Zheng Yongnian, whose work focuses on contemporary China, discusses expectations for future Xi-Trump meetings. He notes that many have offered a lukewarm assessment of the recent summit in Washington, citing a lack of breakthrough.
Orange Wang,Carol YangSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-10-02 · 08:02 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Political scientist and government adviser Zheng Yongnian, whose work focuses on contemporary China, discusses expectations for future Xi-Trump meetings. He notes that many have offered a lukewarm assessment of the recent summit in Washington, citing a lack of breakthrough. Zheng identifies two prevailing views on the situation: one of nihilism, which suggests China and... (The provided content is incomplete and does not offer further details on Zheng's take or the second view.)
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His academic work is mainly about contemporary China, particularly politics, the country’s transformation and its external relations.
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Zheng Yongnian is a political scientist in China and a government adviser.
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One view is nihilism, which holds that China and...
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There are two primary views right now regarding the Xi-Trump summit.
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Many have offered a lukewarm assessment of the Xi-Trump summit in Washington, citing the lack of a breakthrough.
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