1. What are some of the major economic and military problems in China that Xi Jinping has to deal with?

2. How has Trump "cost China dearly"?

3. What does the author say Xi and other communist party leaders ultimately want from the U.S. that President Trump will not give them?

4. The purpose of an editorial/commentary is to explain, persuade, warn, criticize, answer, entertain, praise or inspire. What do you think is the purpose of this editorial? Explain your answer.

5. Do you agree or disagree with the commentator's assertion that the Trump administration’s stated goal for this summit is “strategic stability,” which is to say a continuation of the status quo, "is the right approach"?