Trump vs Xi: Who has the upper hand?

The BBC's Sarah Smith explains the power dynamic between President Trump and China's Xi Jinping.

As Trump and Xi Meet in China, Why Typical Displays of Cultural Exchange Won’t Be on Show

Past meetings between the presidents of the U.S. and China have involved friendly displays of cultural exchange. Those gestures have largely dried up.

By Vivian Wang

Balance of Power Between Trump and Xi Is Shifting - Bloomberg.com

Balance of Power Between Trump and Xi Is Shifting  Bloomberg.com

China gains major edge on U.S. amid Iran war, intelligence report finds

A confidential assessment, circulating as President Donald Trump begins his highly anticipated trip to Beijing, shows shifts in several key areas of competition.

By John Hudson

'Russia's invasion of Ukraine could have warned Trump from the pitfalls he now faces in Iran'

Like Vladimir Putin in Ukraine, Trump underestimated the Iranian regime when he went to war with it. According to Le Monde's Gilles Paris, those failures could serve as a warning to Xi Jinping about how to bring Taiwan back under China's control.

US appeals court pauses Trump’s $83m payment to E Jean Carroll in defamation case

Appeals court rules US president will not have to pay award until the US supreme court reviews case or rejects an appeal A federal appeals court has ruled that Donald Trump will not have to pay the $83.3m defamation award to writer E Jean Carroll until the US supreme court either reviews the case or rejects an appeal. The second US circuit court of appeals in New York issued the order on Monday, granting a request by the president’s lawyers to delay the payment while he seeks supreme court re...

By Anna Betts in New York

What's at stake for the people of Thitu Island as U.S. and Chinese leaders meet

As U.S. and Chinese leaders meet this week, the world is watching, and so are residents of Thitu Island in the disputed South China Sea, known in the Philippines as the West Philippine Sea.

By Jan Camenzind Broomby

As Trump readies to meet Xi, experts say he is ‘desperate for a win’

Trade between the two countries has suffered since Trump came into office even as China's exports have hit new highs.

Joy Reid guest accuses America of ‘coddling weak White men’ in anti-Trump rant targeting conservatives

Joy Reid and Wajahat Ali unleashed a profanity-laced rant against White conservative men, targeting President Donald Trump and other administration officials as unqualified.

Did Jeffrey Epstein really introduce Donald Trump and Melania?

Who introduced Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump? For years, Italian entrepreneur and close Trump associate Paolo Zampolli has taken credit, but the release of the Epstein files surfaced an FBI document that said it was financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. What’s the truth? CBC’s visual investigations team and Katie Nicholson dig into the files to reveal surprising new details.

Bulls bet big on these three China-related stock trades during Trump visit

Chinese stocks, ETFs and related themes posted some of the biggest rallies in months.

US Senate warns of China’s nuclear capabilities hours before Xi-Trump summit

A US Senate hearing on nuclear capabilities issued a warning about China on Wednesday, hours before US President Donald Trump was due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. Senator Roger Wicker, the Mississippi Republican who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in his opening statement that China has been engaged in an “unprecedented nuclear expansion” in recent years. China, Wicker said, had “rapidly constructed hundreds of new missile silos, expanded mobile missile and ballistic...

By Yuanyue Dang

Trump shares fake quotes, falsely accuses Obama of treason in late-night rant

In a late-night social media blitz before his high-stakes China visit, Donald Trump unleashed a string of debunked conspiracy theories, AI-generated images and attacks on his political rivals. Posting 55 times in a span of 3 hours, Trump tore into former President Barack Obama, accusing him - without evidence - of treason and espionage during Trump’s 2016 election campaign. He also revived falsehoods that the election was “stolen” from him in 2020, and attacked the New York Times.

By Vedika BAHL

Trump’s China visit could rattle markets if it doesn’t bring an Iran breakthrough

There are concerns that a lack of Chinese intervention in the Iran conflict could prompt renewed U.S. military action as early as next week.

By Isabel Wang

CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil failed to get a Chinese visa and will be covering Trump’s trip from over 1,000 miles away

Dokoupil will instead broadcast the CBS Evening News from Taipei, the capital of Taiwan

By Rachel Dobkin

Miami residents sue Trump, claiming Florida land gift for library unconstitutional

Singer denied entry from Canada to U.S. due to ‘security concerns,’ girlfriend apologizes for Trump post

Keli Holiday, a.k.a. Adam Hyde, was on his way from Toronto back to the U.S. where he'd already played two shows

By Kenn Oliver

Trade truce, Iran war and more on cards: Trump-Xi set for high-stakes meet today

The series of meetings between Trump and Xi Jinping will be held amid a "trade truce" between the US and China.

Analysis: Trump Wants China's Help On Iran, But Beijing Has Other Plans

When US President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping this week he is expected to ask for help resolving his costly and unpopular war with Iran.

Trump in Beijing to reset US-China relations, with tariffs top of the agenda

United States President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are due to meet in Beijing for talks that will focus on tariffs, AI and Taiwan in an attempt to reset the relationship between two powers that have shaped geopolitics since 1972 – with the EU caught in the middle.

By Jan van der Made

Trump and Xi set for high-stakes talks in Beijing

Trump arrives in Beijing for superpower summit

US president will ask President Xi to 'open up' China

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Trade, Iran and Taiwan on the agenda as Trump arrives in China for high-stakes talks with Xi

US President Donald Trump descended the steps of Air Force One in Beijing on Wednesday evening, greeted with pomp and pageantry ahead of a high-stakes summit with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.

By Emmanuel Tetteh