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‘Where does this lunatic nonsense in the White House come from?’
The Chinese Communist Party’s stodgy house journal is the People’s Daily. For most of the time that I have been browsing it — since 1995…
Beyond Trumpism: What is the ‘smart’ direction for U.S.-China relations?
Are the U.S. and China headed into a “Cold War 2.0”? Some object to the very question. Michael Swaine, a senior associate at the Carnegie…
Xi Jinping takes up Trump’s challenge to a trade duel
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a week ago that he was going all in with his big bet on tariffs against China, escalating the scope…
The Trump and Kim show — Singapore summit is on, for now
The planned June 12 Singapore rendezvous between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un might yet happen. ABC reports that U.S. and North Korean officials are “laying…
Trump cancels meeting with Kim Jong-un, citing ‘open hostility’
With an oddly emotional letter to Kim Jong-un and a tweeted speech, Donald Trump upended the news cycle again by canceling his planned meeting with Kim…
Trump’s ‘best people’ bicker, as China approves business deals with the U.S.
What happens when you put the guy who wrote a book literally titled Death by China on a trade mission to China to seek compromises with China?…
Trump’s Indonesian partner denies Chinese loans
In the days leading up to President Trump’s inauguration, an Indonesian billionaire by the name of Hary Tanoesoedibjo came to New York and Washington to cozy up…
Trump tears up the Iran nuclear deal: How will China act?
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday, May 8, that he is unilaterally “terminating” American involvement in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known…
Trump phones his ‘friend’ Xi Jinping
At nearly midnight Beijing time today, Xinhua News Agency replaced its top story on the Kim-Xi meeting with a brief report (in Chinese) on a phone…
Understanding the Trump-China trade tangle: What happens next?
If there is one fact upon which the majority of economists can agree, it is that trade between nations makes the world better off. And…
China fires back in trade war with Trump, but global face-off in tech is just getting started
China has done away with its tentative approach to combating U.S. President Donald Trump on trade, and issued a full tit-for-tat retaliation for the steel and…
Trump’s tariffs toughen up as China urges a rational approach to trade
The tariffs are coming. Last week, we reported on Trump’s threat to slap up to $60 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports if China failed to…
Trump to China: Reduce trade deficit by $100 billion, or I’ll slap you with $60 billion in tariffs
Amid rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China, the Chinese foreign ministry is urging President Donald Trump to not see trade as a “zero-sum…
‘Like it or not, Donald Trump’s policy has been remarkably successful’
Xinhua News Agency reports: “Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, on Friday discussed the situation on the Korean Peninsula and bilateral…
Trump’s trade war begins: Are targeted tariffs on China next?
Donald Trump is on a warpath. A trade warpath, that is. In the first eight days of March, the American president has tweeted about trade, on…
‘Only sorry they got caught’: New details about LiAngelo Ball and UCLA players arrested in China
Pictured: Hyatt Regency in Hangzhou and the three arrested UCLA players (from top to bottom: LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill, Cody Riley) One of the biggest…
Trump announces steel and aluminum tariffs as senior Chinese official visits Washington, D.C.
This morning, Axios sent its daily newsletter, with this opening sentence: “After a crazy 24 hours, sources close to President Trump say he is in a…
U.S. Secret Service denies it tackled Chinese official during Trump visit to Beijing
Dear reader, Happy yushui (雨水 yǔshuǐ) — today begins the second solar term of the traditional Chinese calendar, when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 330 degrees…
‘Numbers that you haven’t even thought about’: Trump threatens China with a ‘fine’ over trade
Expectations are rising (again) of substantive tariffs on Chinese goods being implemented by the United States. In an interview with Reuters, U.S. President Donald Trump said…
