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Trump’s Entourage to China Has Numerous Industry Executives

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new video loaded: Trump’s Entourage to China Has Numerous Industry Executives <img src="https://www.chinastrategy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/trumps-entourage-to-china-has-numerous-industry-executives.jpg" data-testid="betamax-poster" sizes="(width < 1024px) 100vw, (width President Trump brought more than a dozen executives of lead financial and tech companies on his trip to Beijing. Trump is expected to discuss the creation of a board of investment and a board of trade with China. By Jamie Leventhal May 13, 2026 NYT

Why Does China Want Taiwan?

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When President Trump meets his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, Taiwan is almost certainly going to come up. And few issues in diplomacy are more complicated than the status of the self-governing island that China claims as its own. Ahead of the summit, White House officials rejected speculation that Mr. Trump could set U.S. policy on Taiwan on a new course during this trip. But even seemingly slight changes in wording can count, especially if they are uttered by an American president in Beijing. Will Mr. Trump, with his improvisational style,…

What to Watch at Trump and Xi’s U.S.-China Summit

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The summit between the leaders of the United States and China in Beijing this week represents a pivotal moment for a global economy that has been upended by war and trade tension over the past year. President Trump and China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, will have a full agenda to cover, as the world’s two largest economies look for ways to cooperate on geopolitical matters and tamp down differences over tariffs, export controls, Taiwan, sanctions and purchases of American farm products. Mr. Trump will be seeking to open China’s market…

Why the Bombing of Iran Tied the U.S. More Closely to China

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As the United States works to rebuild its supply of missiles and munitions after deploying many of them in the war with Iran, its defense contractors will need a supply of rare-earth minerals and magnets that are essential to making those weapons. But China dominates global production of those minerals, and it has enacted tight controls over them in the past year to cut off any foreign companies linked to the military and to put political pressure on the Trump administration. China deployed its control over the mineral supply chain…

President Trump Arrives in China for Summit with Xi Jinping

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new video loaded: President Trump Arrives in China for Summit with Xi Jinping transcript Back transcript President Trump Arrives in China for Summit with Xi Jinping President Trump landed in Beijing ahead of a high-stakes, two-day summit with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping. Trade and the war with Iran were expected to be high on the agenda when the two meet. He’s been a friend of mine. He’s been somebody that we get along with. And I think you’re going to see that good things are going to happen. This…

Musk, Rubio, Hegseth: Who is Traveling With Trump to China?

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President Trump’s entourage for his trip to China includes top administration officials, several of the country’s most powerful executives and members of the Trump family. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is traveling with Mr. Trump, despite sanctions China imposed on him in 2020 over his comments about its human rights record. Pete Hegseth will be the first sitting defense secretary to visit China since Jim Mattis made the trip in 2018. And Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is also in the entourage, after meeting with China’s vice premier, He Lifeng, in…

Mixed Feelings in Beijing Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit

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new video loaded: Mixed Feelings in Beijing Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit <img src="https://www.chinastrategy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mixed-feelings-in-beijing-ahead-of-trump-xi-summit.jpg" data-testid="betamax-poster" sizes="(width < 1024px) 100vw, (width People in Beijing shared their views on the relationship between the United States and China as the city prepared for President Trump’s state visit. By Julie Yoon and Shawn Paik May 13, 2026 NYT

U.S. Might Restart Strikes on Iran, Trump and Hegseth Warn

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The United States could end the month-old cease-fire and resume its attacks on Iran, President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, a day after Mr. Trump dismissed Tehran’s latest offer to end the war as “garbage.” “We’re either going to make a deal or they’re going to be decimated,” Mr. Trump told reporters in Washington as he prepared to travel to Beijing for a summit with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping. “One way or the other, we win.” Mr. Hegseth told a congressional hearing: “We have a…

Trump and Xi Enter China Summit Distracted by Iran War

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This is not how President Trump wanted to arrive in China. When he delayed his long-awaited trip to Beijing by six weeks, Mr. Trump was betting he would arrive in Beijing this week having forced the Iranians to capitulate to his demands. He anticipated that by now the shattered Iranian leadership would have agreed to turn over its nuclear stockpile, forgo its atomic ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The message to President Xi Jinping would have been clear: Chinese declarations of a superpower in decline were premature. Instead,…

Nations Brace for Long-Term Economic Woes as Trump Calls Iran Truce Plan ‘Garbage’

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Countries were bracing on Monday for prolonged economic woes stemming from high energy prices after President Trump called the latest Iranian offer to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz “garbage” and declared that the cease-fire was “on massive life support.” Mr. Trump, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, reiterated that Iran could not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon and likened the truce announced last month to a patient with a “1 percent chance” of survival. Iran’s state-owned broadcaster reported on Monday that in its…