By ALT Perspective
A fortnight ago, anyone familiar with how the Chinese value 'face' would have been shocked when President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on China again if President Xi Jinping would not meet with him at the Group of 20 summit in Japan happening this week. The Chinese president was plunged into a catch-22 situation - attending the meeting would make it appear that he is acquiescing to his U.S. counterpart, but not doing so would make him look petty and solely responsible for any additional tariff imposed. How someone who burnished