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.

Trump’s Remark on Americans’ Finances and Iran War Points to GOP Midterm Challenges

“I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation,” he said of his calculations on the Iran war.

By Katie Glueck

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

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

'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.

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.

Trump gets red-carpet welcome in China, but past Beijing trip shows pageantry only goes so far

Trump arrives in Beijing with red carpet ceremony ahead of bilateral talks with Xi Jinping focused on trade tensions and the ongoing war with Iran.

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

Meet the woman reportedly behind some of Trump’s biggest and most controversial Truth Social rants

Natalie Harp, Trump’s executive assistant, reportedly helps lift the president’s spirits by showing him printed-out flattering social media posts

By Ariana Baio

‘We have a lot to lose’: Will Trump’s visit to China threaten Carney’s diversification?

Carney has said nothing publicly but will be watching for signs of a new balance on trade

By Tracy Moran

Chinese Embassy posts ‘red lines’ that should not be challenged in Trump-Xi talks

Trump in China: Why Xi Jinping did not come to receive POTUS at airport? All we know amid trade tensions, Iran conflict

Donald Trump's Beijing visit marks the first by a US president since 2017, aiming to address trade tensions and Iran issues with Xi Jinping.

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

Oil settles lower on US rate hike fears; investors watch Trump-Xi meeting

Oil prices fell as markets awaited the outcome of talks in Beijing between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump.

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