Pomp and pageantry: Key moments from day one of Trump's visit to China

China welcomed US President Donald Trump with cheering children and a troop parade on Thursday, before a nearly two-hour long meeting with Xi-Jinping.

Chinese Media Cast Trump’s Visit as a Sign of Beijing’s Rising Stature

Chinese state media is depicting the summit as an opportunity for the United States to accept that the “right way” for the two powers to engage is as equals.

By David Pierson and Berry Wang

Xi tells US executives China will ‘open wider’ for business

American business leaders tell president they attach ‘deep importance’ to Chinese market

Officially, Marco Rubio is still banned from China. So how is he in Beijing?

Chinese officials are using a different transliterated character for the secretary of state's name, perhaps to allow him to visit without lifting a 2020 ban.

By Michelle Lee, Lyric Li

Xi warns Trump on Taiwan at Beijing summit

Beyond the pomp as the Chinese leader welcomed his American counterpart, Xi in less effusive tones said the two sides 'should be partners and not rivals,' while highlighting the issue of self-ruled democratic Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its territory.

Stuffed possums and sunken gold coins: the podcast that explains America in 100 unlikely items

Roman Mars’s pod 99% Invisible is a worldwide hit. Now he has teamed up with the BBC for new series A History of the United States in 100 Objects, an insight into the secret significance of everyday stuff In 2010, the audio producer Roman Mars launched 99% Invisible, a podcast about the hidden designs and inventions most of us overlook. At the time, he didn’t have high hopes for it. Not only was the subject matter wilfully niche – early topics included building acoustics and the ergonomics of...

By Fiona Sturges

How Asia is reacting to Trump's summit in China

President Trump is in Beijing for his big summit with Chinese leaders. How Asia is reacting to the summit.

By Jennifer Pak

Trump pledges to raise detained pastor's case with Xi Jinping during Beijing visit as family pleads for help

Pastor Ezra Jin's daughter speaks about her father's detention in China and Trump's pledge to raise his case with Xi Jinping during Beijing visit.

Trump praises China as he ignores question about Taiwan

Trump praises China as he ignores question about Taiwan

U.S. can hold AI talks with China because ‘we are in the lead,’ Bessent tells CNBC as nations plan safety protocol

The U.S. Treasury Secretary also said President Donald Trump would likely comment on the Taiwan issue in coming days.

Travel to the U.S. is down even more dramatically than we thought, data shows

The boycott by Canadians of travel to the U.S., driven largely by an aversion to President Donald Trump, his industry-wrecking tariffs and 51st state taunts, has actually been more effective than previously thought, according to new data.

Xi-Trump summit casts optimistic light on lingering tensions

Xi Jinping and Donald Trump struck an optimistic tone at the start of their two-day presidential summit in Beijing, even as the Chinese leader highlighted risks surrounding Taiwan. Pre-summit trade talks “produced generally balanced and positive outcomes”, Xi told the US president at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday, according to Xinhua. “This is good news for the people of the two countries and the world.” Trump repeatedly called Xi a “great leader” in opening comments at ...

By Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma

China warns Trump over Taiwan question at high-stakes summit

Chinese state media reported that Xi Jinping raised the question of Taiwan during his meeting with Donald Trump. The pair held talks for about two hours. Follow live.

What did Trump and Xi discuss at high-profile Beijing summit?

Donald Trump is in China, where he is set to take part in talks with President Xi Jinping. Major American businessmen are also joining the talks – including Tesla’s Elon Musk, Apple’s Tim Cook and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. The two sides are to discuss trade, the war in Iran, and Taiwan. Story by Liza Kaminov and analysis by Matthew-Mary Caruchet.

By FRANCE24

Why Xi Doesn’t Need a Deal With Trump

President Xi Jinping of China is buying time for Beijing and may see an opening with a U.S. president weakened by the war in Iran.

Watch live: Trump joins lavish state banquet with China’s Xi during high-stakes visit

Watch live as Donald Trump joins a lavish state banquet in Beijing’s Hall of the People with Chinese president Xi Jinping, bringing to an end the first day of his high-stakes state visit to China.

By Holly Patrick

Donald Trump to Xi Jinping: ‘The relationship between China and the USA is going to be better than ever before’

The two leaders are meeting in Beijing during the first visit by a US president to the Asian giant in nine years. Xi spoke of a ‘stable relationship’ but warned about the danger of mishandling the Taiwan issue

By Guillermo Abril

Xi Tells US CEOs Accompanying Trump That China Will Open Up More

What is the ‘Thucydides Trap’? Why Xi Jinping brought it up during talks with Donald Trump in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping invoked the "Thucydides Trap" during talks with US President Donald Trump, highlighting concerns that the rising power's growth could lead to conflict with the established dominant power. This theory, popularized by Graham Allison, suggests structural tensions make war more likely, a concept now central to global geopolitical debates involving trade wars and technological competition.

By TOI News Desk

Gold gains amid Trump-Xi summit, inflation concerns cap upside

Gold prices increased by 0.4% to $4,707.08 per ounce as investors awaited outcomes from U.S.-China negotiations.

China, US can come to conflict if Taiwan issue not handled well: Xi warns Trump

China's Xi warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to conflict

China’s Xi Jinping warned President Donald Trump on Thursday that the two countries could clash over Taiwan if the issue was not handled properly, an unusually harsh admonition that stood in contrast to the American leader’s praise for his counterpart. The exchange at a highly anticipated summit in Beijing underscored just how far apart Trump and Xi remain on thorny issues, including the war in Iran, trade disputes and Washington's relations with Taiwan, which is self-ruled but which China claim

By The Korea Herald

Xi warns Trump Taiwan issue could push China and US into conflict

China and the United States could enter into “conflict” if Washington mishandles Taiwan, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned counterpart Donald Trump during high-stakes talks in Beijing on Thursday.

By RFI

Why Trump's Delegation Entered China Without Personal Phones

They have chosen to take restricted “clean” devices, temporary laptops and controlled communication systems designed to reduce risks of surveillance, hacking and data interception in China

Xi warns Trump mishandling of Taiwan issue will push ties to 'dangerous place' as meeting concludes

China's President Xi Jinping also described Taiwan as the most important issue in China-US relations as the two countries kicked off two days of talks set to cover their fragile trade truce.

Trump-Xi summit: High-stakes meeting lasts two hours; Xi Jinping hails trade progress, but sends Trump warning over Taiwan

China's Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump that trade talks were making progress at the start of a two-day summit on Thursday but warned that disagreement over Taiwan could send relations down a dangerous path.

In pictures: US president gets red carpet welcome upon arrival for talks with China's Xi

US President Donald Trump on Thursday told China’s Xi Jinping their countries would have “a fantastic future together”, as they began a superpower summit in Beijing on thorny issues including Iran, trade and Taiwan. Heaping praise on his host, Trump told Xi it was “an honour to be your friend”, as the Chinese leader, in less effusive tones, said the two sides “should be partners and not rivals”. Xi had greeted Trump with a red carpet welcome at the opulent Great Hall of the People with milita...

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Tariffs, Taiwan and Iran on the agenda as Trump begins China visit

The war in the Middle East will loom over talks as Trump becomes the first US president in nearly a decade to visit China.

Europe markets steady as U.S.-China negotiations take center stage

Xi warns Trump that 'mishandling' Taiwan issue could lead to conflict during Beijing talks

Both leaders spent over two hours discussing thorny issues at a high-stakes summit in Beijing.

China’s Xi lauds ‘new positioning’ in ties with US

Xi Jinping describes such ties as based primarily on cooperation but with measured competition for 'a normal stability in which differences are controllable, and a lasting stability in which peace can be expected'

By Reuters

Xi warns Trump Taiwan issue could lead to ‘conflict’ as US-China summit kicks off

By Danny Kemp Chinese President Xi Jinping warned his US counterpart Donald Trump that the issue of Taiwan could push their two countries into “conflict” if mishandled, a stark opening salvo as a superpower summit set to tackle numerous thorny issues began in Beijing Thursday. Trump had arrived in China with accolades for his host, […]

By AFP

Trump heralds 'fantastic future' for US-China as talks with Xi begin

Vows to push Xi to 'open up' China to US firms, with Musk and Jensen Huang in his delegation

By AFP

US Wants To Restore Nord Stream & Purchase From Europeans At Steep Discount: Lavrov

US Wants To Restore Nord Stream & Purchase From Europeans At Steep Discount: Lavrov The Nord Stream pipelines have long slipped from headlines, apart from the occasional whodunnit narratives, and they have remained damaged and offline. The Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipeline bombings occurred on September 26, 2022 - but their future fate is still up in the air and being wrangled over, including by Washington. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has alleged that Washingto...

By Tyler Durden

Xi warns US over mishandling Taiwan issue in talks with Trump

President Xi Jinping warned Donald Trump during his visit to Beijing that mishandling the issue of Taiwan could trigger heightened tensions or even conflict between the two countri...

China's Xi hails trade progress in Trump summit, sends Taiwan warning - The Daily Star

China's Xi hails trade progress in Trump summit, sends Taiwan warning  The Daily Star

Rubio says Cuba leaders must go as US dangles $100m

Cuba has been suffering severe economic tumult led by an energy shortage that plunged 65 percent of the country into darkness on Tuesday. The post Rubio says Cuba leaders must go as US dangles $100m appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Henry Oduah

What is the “Thucydides Trap” invoked by Xi Jinping in front of Trump

Graham Allison’s theory about the risk of war when a rising power threatens a dominant one The post What is the “Thucydides Trap” invoked by Xi Jinping in front of Trump appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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Xi warns Trump on Taiwan during Beijing summit

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in Beijing on Thursday as both governments sought to steady relations shaped by trade disputes, technology controls and tensions over Taiwan. The meeting at the Great Hall of the People lasted about two hours and formed the centrepiece of Trump’s two-day visit to China. Senior US officials and business executives joined the delegation as Washington and Beijing explored trade agreements, investment plans and wider geopolit...