Tag: China

China and the U.S. Agreed to ‘Strategic Stability’ in Beijing. They Don’t Define It the Same Way

(Zongyuan Zoe Liu - Council on Foreign Relations) The Beijing summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping produced something rarer...

Putin’s Beijing Visit Promises Few Rewards

(Pavel K. Baev - The Jamestown Foundation) The timing and scale of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming May 19–20 Beijing visit underscores Russia’s weakened...

Trump-Xi Summit Produces No Solution to the Strait Closure

(The Soufan Center) The Trump-Xi summit meetings in Beijing did not materially advance U.S. efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Absent an agreement...

Trump and Xi’s economic ceasefire is holding – just

(Lowy The Interpreter) Donald Trump ended his China trip with little to show for it. With a suite of business leaders joining the US...

China gives Trump enough rope

(East Asia Forum) The Beijing summit between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump offered a modest reprieve in a relationship strained by trade tensions and...

China agrees to billions in additional US farm purchases, White House says

(Ari Hawkins - Politico) China will purchase at least $17 billion in U.S. agricultural products annually through 2028, in addition to soybean commitments already...

Trump advisers fear China may target Taiwan in next 5 years

(Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen - Axios) Some close advisers to President Trump fear the biggest substantive result of the China summit is heightened danger...

Beijing draws the line on digital dollars

(Bo Ma, Chenxue Xiao - East Asia Forum) China’s latest virtual currency notice signals a sharper response to the rapid expansion of US stablecoin...

China says preliminary agreement reached with US to lower some tariffs

(Jones Hayden - Politico) China’s commerce ministry said on Saturday that Beijing and Washington had struck a preliminary agreement to reduce some tariffs, and...

Iran chief negotiator Ghalibaf appointed to oversee ties with China: Media

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who recently emerged as a chief negotiator in talks with the United States, has been appointed...

Trump-Xi Summit Reveals China’s Careful Balancing Act On Iran

(Alex Raufoglu - RFE/RL) The Trump-Xi summit offered fresh clues about how Beijing is positioning itself on Iran amid growing tensions over sanctions, regional...

Decade of Policy Support Drives Quantum Breakthroughs

(Sunny Cheung - The Jamestown Foundation) A decade of increasingly specific policy direction in the People’s Republic of China (PRC)—Five-Year plans, Ministry of Industry...

A ‘New Beginning’ for Xi’s Assimilationist Agenda

(Arran Hope - The Jamestown Foundation) The Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law creates statutory obligations that will lead to more comprehensive enforcement of...

China and Climate: China Restricts Fuel Exports, Solar Exports Surge

(Mia Beams, Angus Soderberg - Council on Foreign Relations) In March, China instructed its top diesel and gasoline exporters to halt all fuel exports,...

The U.S.-China Trade Relationship: What’s Behind the Competition?

(Council on Foreign Relations) The United States and China, the world’s two biggest economies, are facing considerable trade tensions, with implications for the global...

Beyond Taiwan, a ‘Decent Peace’ at the Trump-Xi Summit

(Michael Froman - Council on Foreign Relations) U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping just wrapped up their long-awaited summit. Expectations were...