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Now America will disturb China from Taiwan’s land by Quick Spice is licensed under CC BY 2.0 / Flickr By Michael Klare / TomDispatch This hasn’t exactly been a year of good news when it comes to our war-torn, beleaguered planet, but on November 15th, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping took one small step back from the precipice. Until they talked in a mansion near San Francisco, it seemed as if their countries were locked in a downward spiral of taunts and provocations