Big promises, thin results from Trump’s China trip - POLITICO

President Donald Trump returns from his two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping with hints of deals but no progress on key issues that vex the U.S.-China relationship.

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/15/big-promises-thin-results-from-trumps-china-trip-00924309

 

Trump-Xi accord on Iran elusive as US president’s China trip winds down

China calls for ceasefire and opening of seaway, while Donald Trump says Xi feels ‘very similar’ about ending the war in Iran…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/15/trump-china-visit-iran-agreement-xi-jinping-elusive

Trump's 'elaborate' praise of Xi at China summit made U.S. look weak, ex-ambassador says | PBS News

For perspective on the summit between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Amna Nawaz spoke with Nicholas Burns. He served as U.S. ambassador to China during the Biden administration and is now at Harvard University.

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trumps-elaborate-praise-of-xi-at-china-summit-made-u-s-look-weak-ex-ambassador-says

Xi warns Trump of ‘clashes and even conflicts’ with US over Taiwan

China is keen to put Taiwan at the top of an agenda that risks being overshadowed by the war in Iran and disagreements over trade. Beijing wants the US to reduce its levels of support for the self-governing island, which China claims as part of its territory. Xi has made “unification” with Taiwan a core priority for his legacy and has not ruled out the use of force to achieve that aim...

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/trump-xi-jinping-meet-beijing-ahead-of-summit-trade-iran-war-ai-talks

Taiwan emerges as flash point in Trump-Xi talks - POLITICO

A Chinese summary of the meeting stressed the self-ruling island was the "most important issue" in bilateral relations between Washington and Beijing...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/14/taiwan-flash-point-trump-xi-united-states-china-talks-00920370

China warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to a clash : NPR

Xi warned the U.S. "must exercise extra caution in handling the Taiwan question."  

"If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability," Xi told Trump. "Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy." 

"'Taiwan independence' and cross-Strait peace are as irreconcilable as fire and water," Xi said, adding that "safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is the biggest common denominator between China and the U.S."…

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/14/nx-s1-5822168/trump-xi-summit 

‘The only thing that terrifies me is BYD’: Politicians quake at Chinese EVs - POLITICO

Lawmakers have focused on national security concerns to dissuade Americans from fantasizing about Chinese vehicles they can’t buy. They also have championed protecting the nation’s industrial core and the jobs they represent, pointing to European struggles to save auto jobs from Chinese competitors...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/trump-xi-summit-chinese-electric-vehicles-00917652

 

Be ‘prudent’ about supplying arms to Taiwan, Xi tells Trump in call

"President Xi emphasized that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-US relations," the readout said. "China must safeguard its own sovereignty and territorial integrity, and will never allow Taiwan to be separated. The US must handle the issue of arms sales to Taiwan with prudence."…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/05/xi-jinping-donald-trump-phone-call-china-us-taiwan-relationship

 

China urges Canada to break from U.S. influence as Carney visits Beijing | PBS News

Canada has long been one of America's closest allies, geographically and otherwise. But Beijing is hoping that President Donald Trump's economic aggression — and, now, military action — against other countries will erode that longstanding relationship…

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/china-urges-canada-to-break-from-u-s-influence-as-carney-visits-beijing 

 

Trump directs nuclear testing plans ahead of meeting with China’s Xi - The Washington Post

There have been more than 2,000 nuclear test explosions around the world since 1945, but most countries stopped nuclear testing in the 1990s. China's last nuclear explosion occurred in 1996, and Moscow's was in 1990, during the dying days of the Soviet Union. The rare exception was the most recent nuclear test conducted by North Korea, a pariah state, in 2017...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/29/trump-nuclear-test-plans/

Opinion | China and Xi are winning the technology race - The Washington Post

Xi is building the future while Trump pushes tariffs and fights the woke wars...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/03/xi-jinping-trump-tech-race/

In Trump’s war on clean energy, China (and everyone else) wins – POLITICO

The new stance could present America's competitors with a multibillion-dollar opportunity…

https://www.politico.eu/article/trump-china-energy-green-renewable-xi-jinping/ 

 

Only Losers in Territorial Wars — Sarah Paine

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4xGTeWkVh74

 

Opinion | It’s Not Just Putin. Russia Needs China, Too. - The New York Times

This economic dependence is filtering into everyday life. Chinese products are ubiquitous and over half of the million cars sold in Russia last year were made in China. Tellingly, the top six foreign car brands in Russia are now all Chinese, thanks to the exodus of once dominant Western companies. It's a similar story in the smartphone market, where China's Xiaomi and Tecno have eclipsed Apple and Samsung, and with home appliances and many other everyday items. 

These shifts are tectonic. Even in czarist times, Russia shipped its commodities to Europe and relied on imports from the West of manufactured goods. Russia's oligarchs, blacklisted by most Western countries, have had to adapt to the new reality. Last month, the businessman Vladimir Potanin, whose fortune is estimated at $23.7 billion, announced that his copper and nickel empire would reorient toward China, including by moving production facilities into the country. "If we're more integrated into the Chinese economy," he said, "we'll be more protected."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/opinion/putin-china-xi-jinping.html

With Putin by His Side, Xi Outlines His Vision of a New World Order - The New York Times

China's close ties with Russia in countering American dominance point to a geopolitical rift that could shape the conflict between Israel and Hamas...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/world/asia/putin-xi-china-russia.html

Xi Jinping Says He Is Preparing China for War | Foreign Affairs

And in recent months, Beijing has unveiled new military readiness laws, new air-raid shelters in cities across the strait from Taiwan, and new "National Defense Mobilization" offices countrywide...

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/xi-jinping-says-he-preparing-china-war

Xi snubbed Putin after their summit, calling a meeting of Central Asian countries as part of an audacious power play

He set up a new meeting of Central Asian countries the week, muscling in on Russia's backyard.

https://www.businessinsider.com/xi-snubs-putin-amid-summit-with-central-asia-power-play-2023-3

What Xi and Putin want to gain from their joint meeting

Here are the things Putin and Xi seek to gain from their joint meeting and one curveball ahead of it:..

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3906089-what-xi-and-putin-want-to-gain-from-their-joint-meeting/

China’s dim prospects turn disastrous | The Hill

China's immediate past has been truly impressive. It has lifted itself out of abject poverty. But given Xi's economic mismanagement, combined with his loyalty to Putin, who is the sworn enemy of all his Western customers, China's future looks not only dim but potentially disastrous…https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3619006-how-chinas-dim-prospects-may-turn-into-disaster/

China's Big New Idea - The Atlantic

…While Biden's plan is to reorient American foreign-policy priorities to better protect workers and families at home, Xi might instead intend to alter his foreign policy to project new and supposedly fairer economic principles at home to the outside world…

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/12/china-getting-worried-about-income-inequality/620993/