One of the most notable outcomes of last month’s Xi-Trump summit in Beijing was not tangible. Rather, it was Xi Jinping’s introduction of a new authoritative
formulation, or tífǎ, for US-China relations. Such authoritative concepts have long been an important
means for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to convey the top leader’s or collective leadership’s priorities, strategic assessments, historical judgments and policy programs at a given point in time.
