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One of the main highlights of the much-watched Trump-Xi meeting in early April at Mar-a-Lago was President Trump informing his Chinese counterpart during dessert that in that moment Tomahawk missiles launched from U.S. warships were flying towards a Syrian military air base. Given the tensions brewing in the Korean Peninsula and Trump’s more-or-less successful attempt to pressure the Chinese to cut their support for North Korea, it is not surprising that many interpreted the missile strike in Syria as an American show of force and determination, and as a threat to do the same against North Korea if China would not cooperate. Yet, both Chinese scholars and media also looked at this from the point of view of China’s strategy in the Middle East and in the larger Mediterranean region. Read the article.
