Musk Steals Spotlight At Trump–Xi Beijing Summit With Casual On-Site Behavior
On May 14, U.S. President Donald Trump led a large delegation to Beijing for a summit with Chinese Communist...
DPP Nominates Shen Po-yang for Taipei Mayor, Lai Ching-te Calls Him ‘Best Candidate’
Taiwan will hold its “nine-in-one” local elections at the end of the year. On May 13, Democratic Progressive...
Trump’s Visit to China Concludes at Zhongnanhai Amid High-Level Diplomacy
BBC reported on Friday, May 15 that U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China concluded at Zhongnanhai...
Netanyahu Says Israel Will Sue the New York Times Over West Bank Sexual Violence Report
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, May 14 that Israel will file a defamation...
Trump Raises Jimmy Lai Case During Meeting With Xi Jinping
During U.S. President Donald Trump’s three-day visit to China, he met with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on the 14th. According to Reuters, following the meeting, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said...
Are US–China Relations Moving Toward a ‘Transactional Détente’ in Trump’s Second Term?
As U.S. President Donald Trump holds a new summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, reports in Politico and Foreign Policy said that Washington's China policy is undergoing a noticeable shift. The “China hawk” approach that...
Retired US General: Taiwan Should Not Be Used as a Negotiating Bargaining Chip
Taiwan is a “model ally,” not a bargaining chip, said retired U.S. Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery in an article, arguing and warning that trading Taiwan’s security for empty promises from Beijing would constitute an unprecedented...
How Deng Xiaoping Dismantled Mao’s Security Chief in 1978
Mao Zedong's personal security chief, Wang Dongxing, had spent thirty years as the most feared man in Zhongnanhai, the walled Party leadership compound in Beijing. He controlled the files that could destroy any senior official,...
Trump Press Corps Detained in Beijing at Xi Summit
Trump arrived in Beijing on the evening of May 13. According to the New York Post (NYP), the following morning, he met Xi at the Great Hall of the People, the cavernous ceremonial building the...
US Transport Aircraft and Motorcade Vehicles Seen in Beijing Ahead of Trump Visit
According to AFP, multiple U.S. Air Force C-17 transport aircraft reportedly arrived in Beijing ahead of President Donald Trump’s May 13 visit to China. At the same time, several heavily armored vehicles believed to belong...
NASA Discovers Vast ‘Cosmic Glacier’ Region Hidden Deep in the Milky Way
Where did water in the universe come from? Before life was born, when did the basic elements that make up life begin to form? A newly announced discovery by NASA has opened a new direction...
Trump Concludes China Trip as Xi Outlines ‘Four Stabilities’ in Bilateral Ties
President Donald Trump concluded his more than 36-hour visit to Beijing on Friday, May 15, after holding discussions with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a range of major issues, including Iran, Taiwan, energy supply routes,...