US needs ‘better understanding of China’ to shift the dial, former diplomat says

The tone was “constructive” at the US-China leaders’ summit but the two powers remain at odds on key issues – and that will not change unless Washington changes its approach, a former American diplomat said.
David Firestein, inaugural president and CEO of the George H.W. Bush Foundation for US-China Relations, said American policy must be grounded on a better understanding of China.
And he said Washington needed “smarter policies that work better for the American people”.
In a speech at the…