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55 days ago

Taiwan, tariffs and the strait of Hormuz are on the meeting’s agenda for Beijing – but will the US president be forced to ask for help in ending his war with Iran?

On 20 February, a White House offici…

US weapons sales to Taiwan have been longstanding source of tension with Beijing, which claims island as its territory.

56 days ago

Seventeen tech and finance CEOs to join Trump on China trip; it will be the first US presidential visit China since Trump went in 2017

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Speaking to reporters in th…

Instead of obsessing over rules that have ceased to matter, we must consider giving Beijing a dose of its own medicine

The US and Israel may have started the war in Iran, but – apart from the bellige…

Washington has sought to press Beijing to lean on Tehran to reopen the strait, though China's appetite to act as a pressure mechanism remains unclear.

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