The Beijing summit did not produce a major agreement between the great powers on the region, but it firmly established that Middle Eastern crises are now deeply tied to the great-power dialogue.
During the Cold War, the United States occupied the apex of this triangular dynamic, pitting China and the USSR against each other. Today, it is Beijing that occupies that apex.
What is clear is that the American judicial system abhors delay. The Americans believe justice must be done fairly, but must also be done swiftly, and they implemented legislation over 40 years ago to do just that.