Event Brief
Levin warns Trump’s personalized China approach aids Beijing
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 24, 2026 at 12:08 PM ET
Summary: Senior Fellow Henrietta Levin said President Trump’s highly personalized approach to Xi Jinping gives Beijing opportunities it can exploit. Levin contrasted this with Xi’s view of the United States as an adversary to be managed, while China pursues domestic priorities and strategic objectives in Asia, including Taiwan.
WHO: Henrietta Levin, Senior Fellow with the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
WHAT: Levin warned that Trump’s personalized approach to Xi offers Beijing exploitable opportunities and described Xi’s adversary-to-be-managed view of the US.
WHEN: Sep 24, 2026 at 11:01 AM ET
WHERE: Washington, USA
WHY: Levin reacted to the way Trump is approaching Xi and contrasted it with Xi’s own framing of the US as an adversary to be managed.
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