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Asia.

Two allies of the United States, South Korea, the Republic of Korea, led by President

Eun. Japan, the Republic of Japan, the Emperor is head of state, the head of

government, Prime Minister Kishita. is head of state at the head of government

Prime Minister Kishida.

Meeting in Seoul, South Korea

with a representative of the Chinese central government,

Li Chang, the premier. The significance of this meeting is that it follows. the and she's in ping. At the same time it follows in the following calendar year

a meeting between the president and Kishida and Yoon.

A lot of meetings going on.

So I welcome Gordon Chang at Gordon G Chang and our colleague Rebecca Grant to explain what

we expect from these meetings.

Ordinarily you would say either war, trade, or peace comes from leaders of state or leaders of government meeting

in one city or another.

Gordon, do you have expectations?

Good evening, Gordon.

Good evening, John. Good evening, John.

There's going to be a lot of talking past each other because China is going to raise Taiwan.

They are going to complain about the ties of Seoul and Tokyo to the United States.

They're just going to repeat their talking points and Japan and South Korea are

going to listen and they're probably going to say they had

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