Much has been made of Chinese president Xi Jinping’s family lineage and what it augurs for his domestic leadership. But those ties may also be influencing Xi’s approach to US relations and the Trump administration, according to (paywall) a New York Times report. Xi is one of China’s political princelings, leaders with high-level family ties…

via Xi Jinping is currying favor with his fellow political princeling, Jared Kushner — Quartz