Xi Jinping and Donald Trump visit Temple of Heaven during Beijing summit.

    Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te says island ‘will never be sacrificed or traded’

    General Jack Keane warns of China’s ambitions on Taiwan Fox News senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Kenae warns that Trump advisors fear China’s ambition to target Taiwan within five years, highlighting U.S. military overextension amid commitments in Europe and the Middle East. Keane details China’s military dominance and technological objectives in Taiwan. He also discusses…

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      Days after Trump’s summit in Beijing, Putin will meet with China’s Xi

      Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing next week, the Kremlin said Saturday.  During the meeting, Xi and Putin will discuss bilateral relations, economic cooperation and “key international and regional issues,” the Kremlin said.  Putin’s trip is scheduled for May 19-20, according to the Kremlin….

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      Trump in China: Analyst highlights Xi's rare, tough direct stance on Taiwan

        Why Taiwan became the defining issue in the Trump-Xi talks

        BEIJING — U.S. President Donald Trump has kept up an uneasy silence about Taiwan following his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week, despite the U.S.’ announcement in December of a record $11 billion in arms sales to the island against Beijing’s wishes. Trump had said the Taiwan arms sales would be on the…

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        The US president said Xi Jinping was not referring to how the US is rising under his leadership when he said that America was a 'declining nation'. (Reuters)

        ‘He was 100% correct’: Trump agrees with Xi’s ‘declining nation’ take on US, blames Biden

        US President Donald Trump has accepted Chinese President Xi Jinping’s remarks that America was a declining nation, but said that assessment applied to the period when ‘sleepy’ Joe Biden was in charge. Trump said he agreed ‘100 percent’ with Xi’s assessment, adding that ‘he was referring to the tremendous damage we suffered during the four…

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        Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on Thursday in Beijing. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

          China Widens Its Clean Energy Lead

          As the leaders of the world’s two largest economies meet in Beijing this week, a new analysis underscores a growing divergence between China and the United States in shaping the global energy system.  While Chinese companies continue to expand their dominance of clean energy industries, the data shows, their American counterparts are withdrawing from those…

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