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THE REFRACT 2026RSSEVERY STORY HAS MANY SIDES

Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

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Trump in Beijing for the Summit of the Century: Trade, Iran, Taiwan, and the Reshaping of the World

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Canada

2 SOURCES

Anxious Anglo-American bloc · 4 of 7 countries

Ottawa watches with quiet wariness a summit whose commercial fallout could reshape its own relationship with Washington

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China

1 SOURCE

Single source

China-Russia bloc skeptical · 2 of 7 countries

Beijing orchestrates the summit as a diplomatic victory on its own terms

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United States

4 SOURCES

Anxious Anglo-American bloc · 4 of 7 countries

Washington is betting on a personal Trump-Xi deal to unlock global commerce

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Qatar

STATE MEDIA

1 SOURCE

Single source

Doha reads the summit through the Iranian lens: Trump in Beijing to isolate Tehran

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United Kingdom

2 SOURCES

Anxious Anglo-American bloc · 4 of 7 countries

London probes the major unanswered questions hovering over the Beijing summit

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Russia

STATE MEDIA

1 SOURCE

Single source

China-Russia bloc skeptical · 2 of 7 countries

Moscow observes the summit with cool interest: two rivals speaking does not make them allies

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Singapore

2 SOURCES

Southeast Asia: middle powers on alert · 3 of 7 countries

Singapore and Southeast Asia fear being sacrificed on the altar of a G2 agreement

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Trump in Beijing for the Summit of the Century: Trade, Iran, Taiwan, and the Reshaping of the World | The Refract

This number is the probability that two countries picked at random frame the event differently. Each country is assigned ONE frame among four possible readings of the story, and the score measures how spread out those choices are. A low score means the countries read the event the same way — not that they agree on the facts or the figures.