OpinionThinking About ChinaA Question of TrustCopyFacebookXTruthGettrLinkedInTelegramEmailSaveChinese leader Xi Jinping gives a speech on the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China on July 1, 2022. Selim Chtayti/Pool/AFP via Getty ImagesBy Kevin Andrews1/15/2023Updated: 1/16/2023PrintX 10:00CommentaryAn essential basis of international relations is that foreign parties can trust what they say to each other.