Updated May 14, 2026, 11:51 a.m. ET President Donald Trump is in China for a packed two-day trip, including one-on-ones with President Xi Jinping, in the first U.S. state visit to China in nearly a decade. In November, Trump announced he had accepted an invitation to visit China in April, but that was delayed as…
Updated May 14, 2026, 11:58 a.m. ET WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump got a grand welcome in Tiananmen Square from Chinese President Xi Jinping that included a red carpet arrival, boisterous flower-and-flag-waving schoolchildren and a 21-gun salute, as he officially began a two-day visit to Beijing. “That was an honor like few I’ve ever seen…
May 13, 2026, 8:35 p.m. ET Vice President JD Vance compared himself to Kevin McCallister, the character played by Macaulay Culkin in the “Home Alone” movie franchise, as he remains in the country during President Donald Trump’s trip to China. “I walk into the White House, it’s very quiet, and no one’s there, and it takes…
Updated May 13, 2026, 11:55 a.m. ET President Donald Trump has landed in China for a discussion with the country’s president, bringing with him over 10 U.S. business leaders and plans to discuss China-U.S. relations, world peace, and development. According to Trump, he is in China for an “incredible gathering of the world’s greatest businessmen/women”…
Updated May 9, 2026, 2:54 p.m. ET A former University of Michigan visiting scholar from China in 2012 has been charged with lying to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents when he tried to leave the country in 2023. Chuan Wang, who was born in 1989, was charged Friday in U.S. District Court in the…
May 5, 2026, 5:08 a.m. ET WASHINGTON – U.S. flagmakers say that half the star-spangled banners sold in this country are made in China, so the manufacturers are urging the Trump administration to impose huge new tariffs on imports rather than wave a white flag after the Supreme Courtoverturned his emergency tariffs. “The American flag,…
May 5, 2026, 12:01 a.m. ET Waymo LLC, Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous ride-sharing brand, plans to expand its service to Detroit later this year. But a recent vehicle sighting by The Detroit News suggests the Motor City fleet will include Waymo’s latest vehicle: a China-sourced minivan. Called the Waymo Ojai, the electric minivan shares the so-called…
Updated April 29, 2026, 7:06 p.m. ET Washington — Two emerging leaders on Capitol Hill are teaming up for a bipartisan push to keep Chinese cars and trucks out of the United States. Democratic U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Republican U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio introduced a bill Wednesday to solidify barriers…
April 17, 2026, 10:32 p.m. ET Ann Arbor — University of Michigan community members and activists gathered on campus Friday evening to pay tribute to a Chinese researcher who killed himself in a UM research hall last month under mysterious and politically charged circumstances. Most of the attendees of Friday’s vigil did not personally know…
April 16, 2026, 11:02 a.m. ET Investors pressed Mercedes-Benz Group AG on its recovery plans for China on Thursday, warning that a luxury-focused strategy could hurt the German brand’s chances of winning back Chinese consumers after a slump in sales. Like rivals BMW AG and Audi, Mercedes has lost ground in the world’s largest car…