India, May 17 -- Jury is still out on what the US gained from the summit and whether it was at all needed.

The much talked two-day trip of President Trump to China took place on May 14 and 15. That the cause for it happening was more American than Chinese, had been obvious for weeks beforehand. The exuberance and the hubris which in the past, had preceded and accompanied the China visits of the Presidents of USA had been missing right from the beginning.

The Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had let it be known that President Xi Jinping would be bringing upfront the issue of Taiwan's independence and the hitherto contentious role of USA in supporting it. Ab initio, the Chinese did not share the importance which President Trump accorded t...