asiatimes.com/2026/10/a-trump-putin-xi-summit-would-put-xi-at-the-apex A Trump-Putin-Xi summit would put Xi at the apex
Putin reportedly floated a Russia-China-US summit on the sidelines of APEC in Shenzhen, and Trump says he'll attend if Xi wants it. The case for bringing Beijing into Ukraine talks is realist, but the geometry puts Xi, not Washington, at the pivot Kissinger once held.
— via Asia Times, Leon Hadar
