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China’s Xi vows support for North Korea’s Kim in rare Pyongyang visit

5 days ago07 mins

June 8, 2026, 8:47 a.m. ET China will not swerve from its commitment to safeguarding common interests with North Korea or waver in its support for Kim Jong Un, President Xi Jinping told Pyongyang’s leader on Monday, June 8 during a rare summit. The neighbours should strengthen strategic ties and firmly protect their sovereignty, security, and development interests, Xi told Kim, an official Chinese summary of the meeting showed,…

Former California mayor admits to being illegal foreign agent for China

2 weeks ago04 mins

Updated May 30, 2026, 1:31 p.m. ET A former Southern California mayor has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the government of China, according to court proceedings Friday reported by People and CNN. Eileen Wang pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to charges that she secretly carried out work directed by Chinese…

Does Xi Jinping speak English? What to know about Trump China’s visit

1 month ago05 mins

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…

Top moments from Trump’s China visit include arrival ‘like none other’

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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…

Inside Trump’s China visit with12 of America’s biggest CEOs

1 month ago05 mins

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”…

Makers of US flags urge Trump to impose tariffs on Chinese imports

1 month ago010 mins

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,…

Slotkin, Moreno call for Chinese auto ban ahead of Trump-Xi meeting

2 months ago010 mins

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…

China and Russia veto UN resolution on protecting Hormuz shipping

2 months ago08 mins

Updated April 8, 2026, 8:32 a.m. ET China and Russia on Tuesday vetoed a U.N. resolution encouraging states to coordinate efforts to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, calling the measure biased against Iran, while Washington’s ambassador to the world body called on “responsible nations” to join the U.S. in securing the waterway….

Pakistan and China brokered a fragile Iran ceasefire

2 months ago010 mins

Updated April 8, 2026, 12:44 p.m. ET A knot of defiant nations − three of them talked off a geopolitical cliff’s edge at the eleventh hour. As Israel, Iran and the United States stood on the precipice of escalating a volatile war, China and Pakistan − with sharply different motives − emerged from the…

China cracks down on fentanyl networks after U.S. pressure

3 months ago04 mins

March 19, 2026, 8:53 a.m. ET Beijing — China has arrested seven people and subjected 12 more to “criminal compulsory measures” in a campaign targeting traffickers in fentanyl precursor chemicals, state media said on Thursday, following pressure from the United States. China’s first wide-publication in years of legal action that has led to the arrests…