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  Top diplomats from Washington and Beijing are coordinating high-stakes leader summits aimed at maintaining stability, including planned bilateral visits to APEC and the G20. However, sharp friction remains over proposed trilateral nuclear arms talks with Russia and lingering economic disputes. These diplomatic efforts seek to keep communication channels open despite deep strategic divides.

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  Top diplomats from Washington and Beijing are laying the groundwork for high-stakes diplomacy ahead of Donald Trump's upcoming travel to the APEC summit in China. The proposed discussions aim to address global conflict and arms reduction alongside Vladimir Putin, despite longstanding resistance from Beijing regarding three-way disarmament frameworks. Successfully coordinating these engagements could determine whether the two powers can stabilize fragile bilateral relations amid unresolved economic and technologica…

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