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news La Jornada Opinion 2026-05-19

Xi Jinping and Donald Trump Discuss 'Thucydides Trap'

The article references a 2017 meeting where Xi Jinping explained his views on avoiding the 'Thucydides Trap' to Donald Trump. Xi has repeatedly used this analogy, popularized by Graham T. Ellison, in discussions about US-China relations.


En abril de 2017 Xi Jinping visitó Mar-a-Lago, invitado por el Trump de su primer mandato. Xi, frente a Trump y funcionarios de la Casa Blanca, expuso sus argumentos para evitar la “trampa de Tucídides”. En la reciente visita de Trump a Pekín, Xi recurrió nuevamente a la figura de la “trampa”, mil veces repetida por numerosos analistas de Occidente desde 2015, cuando la popularizó Graham T. Ellison.

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