The Guardian: The US president arrives with tech leaders including Elon Musk and Tim Cook, with trade, AI and Taiwan all set to be discussed…
Donald Trump demands Xi Jinping ‘open’ China to US business
Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday demanding Chinese President Xi Jinping “open up” the country to corporate America as he sought to put stronger business ties at the heart of his visit for a two-day summit…
China gains major edge on U.S. amid Iran war, intelligence report finds
A confidential U.S. intelligence analysis details how China is exploiting the war in Iran to maximize its advantage over the United States across military, economic, diplomatic and other fields, said two U.S. officials who have read the report…
Trump, Xi to weigh tariff cuts on $30 billion of imports in managed trade push
The contours of the plan remain sketchy, but a key shift from past dialogues is clear: Washington is no longer demanding that Beijing change its state-directed, export-driven economic model to become more like the U.S. consumer-driven, market-oriented model.
Instead, the effort is focused on numerical trading targets in non-strategic sectors while keeping in place broad tariffs and export controls on national security-sensitive technologies…
Trump wants China’s help on Iran. Beijing may have other ideas
Analysts said that while Xi might agree to nudge Iran’s leaders back to the negotiating table, China’s leader will be reluctant to cut economic support for Beijing’s most important partner in the Middle East or to stop supplying it with the dual-use goods its military needs…
How Trump’s hand weakened ahead of Xi summit, in eight charts
Trump is heading into this week’s summit with Xi in Beijing with a weaker hand. Granted, sizzling artificial intelligence investment has uncorked a frenzy that has propelled equity markets to new highs. But other metrics are flashing amber, if not red…
What China’s Choice of Airport Greeter Says About Trump
Beijing welcomed President Trump with a high-ranking vice president, but the choice of a ceremonial leader suggests China is trading symbolism for substance…
Eric Trump joins Beijing trip as family-linked group chases China deal
Company with ties to US president’s son has MOU with chipmaker that Congress warned is connected to Communist Party…
Taiwan Is the Key to AI Dominance
Taiwan’s importance to U.S. and allied economic strength may be without historical precedent: a relatively small island that anchors the world’s most important technology stack. Yet neither markets nor policymakers seem to appreciate the risk fully…
Why the US Must Engage China on AI Safety Before It’s ‘Game Over’
Sebastian Mallaby of the Council on Foreign Relations says Chinese AI is closing the gap—and that means Washington can’t afford to ignore safety talks.
…“The fact is China has cutting edge AI labs. They’re only six months behind the frontier in the US,” he said, cautioning that open-source deployment of advanced models could rapidly spread globally. “If they get a really powerful model that can do cyber hacking,” Mallaby warned, “it’s game over.” That dynamic, he argues, makes some level of engagement unavoidable despite deep mistrust on both sides…
Wary China braces for Donald Trump’s visit
Mao, a 63-year-old retiree from Lu-an in China’s eastern Anhui province, who requested to be identified only by her surname as with many others interviewed, was blunt: “I don’t welcome Trump,” she said. The “lao bai xing”, she added, referring to common Chinese people, “believe he is not reliable”…
China tweaks Rubio’s name to bypass travel ban for Trump-Xi meeting
Rubio was sanctioned as a U.S. senator by the Chinese government in 2020 for criticizing Beijing’s treatment of the minority Uyghur population in the Xinjiang region and other alleged human rights abuses. The restrictions included a ban on Rubio entering the country…