Xi Jinping
US and China release reciprocal $30 billion product lists for tariff cuts after Trump-Xi meeting
HONG KONG | The United States and China released Monday reciprocal lists of products worth about $30 billion each that will see tariff cuts, in a deal expected to boost bilateral trade. The details came days after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with President Donald Trump in Washington in his first state visit to the […]
Trump’s state dinner for Xi features sea bass and a long list of tech titans
WASHINGTON | A tech-heavy guest list, the fashion choices of those on it, who sat where and what was on the menu marked the softer — often and glitzier — details of diplomacy as Donald Trump threw a Thursday night state dinner honoring China’s leader Xi Jinping. The event featured a cavalcade of billionaires, Washington […]
Judge hears arguments without immediately ruling in lawsuit over White House ban on 3 news outlets
WASHINGTON | A federal judge weighing whether to block President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from White House grounds expressed some skepticism Wednesday in response to the government’s defense of the move. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, who was nominated by Trump in 2017, didn’t rule from the bench after hearing arguments in […]
Judge hears arguments without immediately ruling in lawsuit over White House ban on 3 news outlets
WASHINGTON | A federal judge weighing whether to block President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from White House grounds expressed some skepticism Wednesday in response to the government’s defense of the move. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, who was nominated by Trump in 2017, didn’t rule from the bench after hearing arguments in […]
China’s Xi kicks off state visit to Washington on Wednesday with a rare planeside welcome from Trump
WASHINGTON | When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington on Wednesday, he’s expected to get a rare greeting from President Donald Trump, who will be on the tarmac to welcome his counterpart instead of waiting for him to drive up to the White House. Trump’s decision to greet Xi at Joint Base Andrews just […]
Trump decries Democrats as ‘communists,’ even as he looks to impress China’s communist leader
WASHINGTON | Communism, President Donald Trump says, is the greatest threat the U.S. has ever faced. This summer, citing similarly grave concerns, he took the rare step of delivering a primetime address to the nation, accusing China of “sinister election meddling” in 2020 and reviving his yearslong push to dispute his loss in that year’s […]
Trump used to slam China. Here’s why he’s now rolling out the red carpet for Xi
WASHINGTON | When President Donald Trump first ran for office, he called out China as a menace to the U.S. economy, saying it had gutted America’s factories and eroded the middle class. That tough talk helped Trump get to the White House a decade ago, but since then, he increasingly speaks in glowing terms about […]
A global AI safety strategy depends on US-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problem
HONG KONG | As concern rises over the risks of artificial intelligence, hopes for any kind of global approach depend on cooperation between the U.S. and China — superpowers that seem only to be more skeptical of each other’s AI strategy. AI governance is expected to be on the agenda in a meeting planned for […]
NIGH ROBOT: US bans foreign humanoids, targeting China over national security
HONG KONG | The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is banning imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots and power inverters, citing national security risks, in a move that targets China. Beijing quickly accused the U.S. of protectionism. The measures are likely to test relations with Beijing ahead of a planned U.S. visit by Chinese leader Xi […]
China’s Xi calls for more global efforts to guide AI, chides US for its curbs on tech sharing
SHANGHAI | Development and governance of artificial intelligence should be a global effort, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday, while reiterating China’s objections to what he called the “overstretching” of national security concerns. Speaking at a conference in Shanghai, Xi said AI should not be dominated by any single nation. American-led restrictions have blocked China […]