After talking tough during campaign, Trump appears to ease up on China at start of presidency
On the campaign trail last year, President Donald Trump talked tough about imposing tariffs as high as 60% on Chinese goods ...
President Trump’s foreign policy playbook has our friends and foes equally rattled
President Donald Trump's economic warfare and "respect equals fear" philosophy will be key tenets of his administration's ...
For Xi Jinping, Year of the Snake is destined to be turbulent
Those born in 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 and 2025 are said to be wise and charming, but also mysterious and ...
‘That Would Give Trump Pause’: How to Game Out the Next Trade War
Trump’s main goal is clear. He sees persistent trade surpluses with the U.S. as proof the U.S. is getting ripped off. Tariffs ...
Donald Trump takes cues from Washington DC pandas with cuddly approach to Xi Jinping
When Bao Li and Qing Bao arrived in Washington DC on Friday, they were given a heroes’ welcome ...
Trump’s happy to play the ‘madman’ to restore global order. But will it work?
Trump has repeatedly and explicitly said he wants to use the perception he is unpredictable, and even unhinged, to boost ...
Royal United Services Institute4dOpinion
China’s Xi is Seizing the Moment while the US is in Transition
As Donald Trump’s re-election reignites global tensions, China is signalling its readiness to challenge US dominance, ...
‘Let’s talk about something else’: Why DeepSeek refuses to answer questions on Xi Jinping, China’s Covid lockdown
China’s DeepSeek is all the tech world can talk about now. But the chatbot has a censorship problem. It refuses to answer ...
Xi Jinping strikes bullish note on China's economic prospects ahead of Lunar New Year
Xi Jinping acknowledged that China would need resilience in order to achieve “high-quality development”. The Chinese ...
The Economist3d
America and China are talking. But much gets lost in translation
E VEN AS AMERICA’S relationship with China enters a new, less predictable era, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping see the value in ...
Kyiv Post3d
China Wants to See US, Russian Nuclear Disarmament Efforts Before Talks
Trump’s Davos address, Russia said it wanted to resume bilateral nuclear disarmament talks “as soon as possible”, and that “the ball is in the Americans’ court”.