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[Old Don答:] No. Nothing has changed.
[Old Don答:] I have not approved it yet. We are going to see what happens.
I-G. [Bret問:] What do you looking for?
[[Old Don答:] Well, I'm not going to say that. But I may do it, I may not do it. But we are not looking to have wars, and we are, if you kept it the way it is, I think China is going to be OK with that. But we are not looking to have somebody say let's go independent, because the United States is backing us. You know?
[節錄, Old Donald接受Fox News之專訪]
Interview: Bret Baier Interviews Donald Trump in Beijing for Fox News - May 15, 2026
https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-bret-baier-fox-news-beijing-may-15-2026/
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[Bret Baier conducted an interview with Donald Trump Friday morning Beijing time at the Four Seasons Hotel. The interview aired at 6:00 pm Eastern on Fox News' Special Report. Video courtesy and copyright Fox News.]
Bret Baier
00:03:00-00:03:21 (20 sec)
No Signal (0)
I want to ask you about Iran and AI But China made clear that Taiwan is very important to them. And after your first meeting here, President Xi's spokesman put out a statement to the media, through the media, saying this: "The Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations. If it is handed properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability.
Bret Baier
00:03:21-00:03:32 (11 sec)
No Signal (0)
Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy." You were still inside the meeting when that came out. That sounded almost like a threat.
Donald Trump
00:03:32-00:03:32 (1 sec)
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Well --
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[Crosstalk]
Bret Baier
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Was it, was it communicated that way behind closed doors?
Bret Baier
00:03:35-00:03:59 (24 sec)
No Signal (0)
No. And no, it wasn't. Not at all. But it has always been their most important issue, and it's not a takeover. They just don't want to see this place, Kokoda Place, because nobody knows how to define it, but they don't want to see it go independent. They don't want to do it. And I think they probably would do something pretty harsh, and then, they would be met harshly, and bad things will happen.
Bret Baier
00:03:59-00:04:12 (12 sec)
No Signal (0)
So, no, it's not that. It's, we talked, By the way, last night, we talked the whole night about that issue. I think I'm, I know more about Taiwan right now than I know about almost any country other than --
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[Crosstalk]
Bret Baier
00:04:13-00:04:14 (2 sec)
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Do you think it dominated the talk?
Donald Trump
00:04:14-00:04:31 (16 sec)
Weak (1.446)
It's always been his most important thing, from the day, I knew him years ago. I've known him now 11 years, 12 years. It's always been the biggest thing for him, Taiwan. Now, with me, I don't think they will do anything when I'm here. When I'm not here, I think they might, to be honest with you. [老實跟您說, 我認為支那可能會武力犯台, 在我不在位時.]
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[Crosstalk]
Bret Baier
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So, if --
Donald Trump
00:04:31-00:05:00 (29 sec)
Weak (1.459)
But I'm not sure that they do anything if it remained as is. But they have somebody there now that wants to go independent. Well, it's a very risky thing. When you go independent, you know, they are going independent because they want to get into a war, and they want to, they figure they have a United States behind them, I'd like to see it stay the way it is. And I'll tell you something, I'll make a little news, I'd like to see everybody making chips over in Taiwan come into America, because to be honest with you, I think it's the greatest thing you can do, because it's a heated situation. [迫使台灣把半導體產業移到美國一事, 顯與台灣人要獨立且獨立會帶來戰爭一事的Risk評估有關.]
Donald Trump
00:05:00-00:05:23 (23 sec)
Medium (1.551)
There is no question about it. And, as you know, we have massive amounts of chip companies now from Taiwan already coming in. We expect to have 40 to 50 percent of the world chip business by the end of my term, and I think it should be even more than that. I think all of those chip companies, if they are smart, they are going to start heading to Arizona and the places where they are building.
Donald Trump
00:05:23-00:05:24 (2 sec)
No StressLens
That's going to solve your problem.
Bret Baier
00:05:24-00:05:30 (5 sec)
No Signal (0)
Should the people of Taiwan feel more or less secure after your meetings with President Xi?
Donald Trump
00:05:30-00:05:33 (3 sec)
No StressLens
Neutral. Neutral. This thing going on for years.
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[Crosstalk]
Bret Baier
00:05:33-00:05:35 (2 sec)
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Has the policy changed at all?
Donald Trump
00:05:35-00:05:36 (1 sec)
No StressLens
No. Nothing has changed. [美國對台政策沒有改變.]
Bret Baier
00:05:36-00:05:36 (1 sec)
No StressLens
U.S. policy.
Donald Trump
00:05:36-00:05:51 (14 sec)
Weak (1.054)
No, nothing has changed. I will say this: I'm not looking to have somebody go independent, and you know, we are supposed to travel 9,500 miles to fight a war. I'm not looking for that. I want them to cool down. I want China to cool down.[我不想看到台灣有人說要獨立, 因為那得會讓我們長途跋涉9,500 miles去打一場戰爭]
Bret Baier
00:05:51-00:05:57 (6 sec)
No Signal (0)
But you are waiting on approving billions of dollars of weapons for Taiwan. Is that moving forward? [軍售台灣的問題]
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[Crosstalk]
Donald Trump
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That's, well, I have not approved it yet. We are going to see what happens.
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[Crosstalk]
Bret Baier
00:06:00-00:06:02 (1 sec)
No StressLens
What do you looking for?
Donald Trump
00:06:02-00:06:03 (2 sec)
No StressLens
I may do it. I may not do it.
Bret Baier
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No StressLens
Yes, what's your hinge point?
Donald Trump
00:06:04-00:06:19 (15 sec)
Medium (1.556)
Well, I'm not going to say that. But I may do it, I may not do it. But we are not looking to have wars, and we are, if you kept it the way it is, I think China is going to be OK with that. But we are not looking to have somebody say let's go independent, because the United States is backing us. You know? [我不想要戰爭, 我不想看到台灣那裡有人想要獨立, 只因為他們認為他們背後有美國老大在支持.]
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[Crosstalk]
Bret Baier
00:06:19-00:06:25 (6 sec)
No StressLens
So, President Xi probably liked that you have not approved the weapons to Taiwan.
Donald Trump
00:06:25-00:06:45 (20 sec)
No Signal (0.775)
I would say like is maybe too strong a word, because he thinks I could do it with just the signing of my signature, unlike Biden, who couldn't sign his signature. No, I'm holding that in abeyance, and it depends on China. Depends, it's a, it's a very good negotiating chip for us, frankly. It's a lot of weapons, it's $12 [sic] billion. [我暫緩批准軍售或對此暫緩做出決定, 這事將取決於支那. 軍售台灣是我與支那進行談判的很好籌碼.]
Donald Trump
00:06:45-00:07:22 (37 sec)
Weak (1.432)
It's a lot of weapons. But, you know, when you look at the odds, China is a very, very powerful big country, that's a very small island. It's, you think of it, it's 59 miles away. 59 miles. We are 9,500 miles away. That's a little bit of a difficult problem with all of that being said. You know, if you look at the history of Taiwan, Taiwan was developed because we had presidents that didn't know what the hell they were doing, because if they would have put tariffs on chips coming in, it would, they would have never left. [台灣之所以能發展半導體產業, 是由於美國政府的失策.]
Donald Trump
00:07:22-00:07:46 (24 sec)
Weak (1.121)
Everything was about intel, and everything was about our chip companies. They stole our chip industry. So, I've said that for years. I said, you know, for years they stole our chip. If we would have had one of our presidents just said we are going to say going to put 100 percent chip, you can leave, you can build in Taiwan, but we are going to, you sell it back into the United States, we are going to put 100 percent or 200 percent tariff, we would have never lost a chip. [台灣偷了美國的半導體產業.]
Donald Trump
00:07:46-00:08:02 (15 sec)
Weak (1.078)
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[Taiwan Time, Friday, May 15, 2026, 7:33AM]
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When asked whether Xi asked Trump not to sell weapons to Taiwan, Rubio said that topic "did not feature prominently in today's discussion."
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Trump invites Xi to the White House in September as Chinese leader's last visit dates back to Obama![]()
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a state banquet hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on May 14, 2026 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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"From the beginning, our citizens have shared a deep sense of mutual respect. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin published The Sayings of Confucius in his colonial newspaper and today a sculpture recognizing that ancient Chinese sage is carved into the face of the United States Supreme Court very proudly," Trump said.
He continued to tout the two countries' ties, highlighting Chinese immigrants' labor on U.S. railroads and the modern day Chinese population's love of American exports like basketball and blue jeans.
"Chinese restaurants in America today outnumber the five largest fast food chains in the United States all combined. And that's a pretty big statement," Trump continued.
"This bond of commerce and respect that stretches back 250 years is the foundation for a future that benefits both of our nations. The American and Chinese people share much in common. We value hard work. We value courage and achievement. We love our families, and we love our countries. Together, we have the chance to draw on these values, to create a future of greater prosperity, cooperation and happiness and peace for our children. We love our children. This region and the world is a special world with the two of us united and together," Trump said.
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President Trump Meets With China's President Xi And Attends State Banquet
President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a moment when both Washington and Beijing are trying to stabilize one of the world’s most consequential rivalries without giving ground on deeper strategic disputes.
The two-day visit marks Trump’s first trip to China since 2017 and comes amid mounting tensions over trade, artificial intelligence, Taiwan and the fallout from the war with Iran. While the White House is framing the summit as an opportunity for new economic agreements and "rebalancing" the U.S.–China relationship, analysts say Beijing’s priorities are far broader and more long-term."
Trump arrives seeking headline deals and visible momentum ahead of the midterms," wrote Zongyuan Zoe Liu, senior fellow for China studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. "Xi is playing a longer game, focused on strategic patience rather than substantive compromise."
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Her father, Pastor Ezra Jin, has spent the past seven months detained in China alongside dozens of other Christian leaders in what advocates describe as one of the largest crackdowns on an underground Protestant church in recent years.
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[Taiwan Time, May 14, 2026, Midnight]
Xi Jinping touts US-China as 'the most important bilateral relationship in the world' during banquet
Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed the U.S.-China relationship as "the most important bilateral relationship in the world" during a toast at a state dinner with President Donald Trump and an American delegation in Beijing on Thursday.
"Today, President Trump and I had in-depth exchanges on China-U.S. relations and the international and regional dynamics. We both believe that the China-U.S. relationship is the most important bilateral relationship in the world. We must make it work and never mess it up," Xi said through a translator.
"Both China and the United States stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation. Our two countries should be partners rather than rivals. President Trump and I also agreed to build a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability to promote the steady, sound and sustainable development of China-U.S. relations and bring more peace, prosperity and progress to the world," Xi said.
"Looking back at the course of China-U.S. relations, whether or not we could have mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation is the key to whether the relationship can advance steadily. The world today is changing and turbulent," Xi continued. "China-U.S. relations concern the well-being of the over 1.7 billion people of both countries and affect the interests of the over 8 billion people of the world. Both sides should rise up to this historic responsibility and steer the giant ship of China-U.S. relations forward steadily and in the right direction."
"Now, please join me in a toast to the development and prosperity of China and the United States, and the well-being of our people, to the bright future of China-U.S. relations and the friendship between the two peoples, and to the health of President Trump and all the friends present. Cheers," the Chinese president concluded.
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[Taiwan Time, May 14, 2026, Midnight]
US readout of Trump-Xi meeting leaves out Taiwan issue, while China's version gives stark warning
China's President Xi Jinping (R) and US President Donald Trump visit the Temple of Heaven on May 14, 2026 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski - Pool/Getty Images)
A White House readout of the subjects discussed during the Thursday bilateral meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping did not include any information about Taiwan.
The readout, posted to the White House's X account, detailed a number of subjects the two world leaders discussed but did not mention the controversial Taiwan subject.
China's version of the readout, however, included the Taiwan issue, with a spokesperson writing in an X post that "President Xi Stressed to President Trump that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations. If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability. Otherwise the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy."
"'Taiwan independence' and cross-Strait peace are as irreconcilable as fire and water. Safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is the biggest common denominator between China and the U.S." China's statement concluded.
Before Trump departed for the state visit, reporters asked him at the White House if the U.S. would continue selling arms to Taiwan.
"I’m going to have that discussion with President Xi. President Xi would like us not to, and I’ll have that discussion. That’s one of the many things I’ll be talking about," Trump responded.
Foreign policy analysts have previously noted the unprecedented nature of the possibility that a U.S. president discussing Taiwan arms with China.
"I believe that no U.S. president has ever publicly stated that he is discussing arms sales to Taiwan with a Chinese leader. One of President Reagan's Six Assurances was that the United States 'has not agreed to consult with the PRC on arms sales to Taiwan,' which is often interpreted as a promise not to do so," foreign policy analyst Bonnie Glaser wrote in February.
In the lead up to the summit, Chinese state media has referred to Taiwan as "the first red line" in the bilateral meeting.
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White House says Trump-Xi talks advanced trade, energy and Iran alignment
The White House said President Donald Trump had a “good meeting” with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, highlighting discussions on expanding economic cooperation and market access for U.S. businesses. According to a readout posted on X, the two sides also discussed increasing Chinese purchases of American agriculture and addressing fentanyl precursor flows into the United States.
Leaders agreed the Strait of Hormuz must remain open to ensure global energy flows, while Xi expressed opposition to its militarization and signaled interest in buying more U.S. oil. Both sides also agreed that Iran should not be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.
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13 hours ago
Trump wraps Temple of Heaven tour following talks with Xi in Beijing
China's President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on May 14, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via REUTERS)
President Donald Trump concluded his tour of the Temple of Heaven, a historic 15th-century site, following a round of talks early Thursday with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Trump returned to his hotel just after 1:55 p.m. local time and is not expected to appear publicly again until later Thursday evening, when he will attend a state banquet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Trump briefly responded to a question before the tour about how the meeting went, simply describing it as “great.”
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13 hours ago
Trump says meeting with Xi was ‘great’ after talks in Beijing
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping stand together as they tour the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China, May 14, 2026. (REUTERS/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at the Temple of Heaven, a historic 15th-century site, following a round of talks early Thursday.
The two leaders arrived just after 1 p.m. local time after departing the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
They are expected to tour the site.
When asked by a reporter how the meeting went, Trump briefly responded, “It was great.”
He did not respond to questions about Taiwan.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said following the meeting that Taiwan remains the “most important” issue in U.S.-China relations.
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14 hours ago
China says Taiwan is ‘most important’ issue in US ties after Trump-Xi talks
China's President Xi Jinping speaks as he meets with President Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said early Thursday that Taiwan remains the “most important” issue in U.S.-China relations following initial talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump.
“President Xi stressed to President Trump that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations,” Mao said in a statement. “If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability. Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy.”
Mao added that “Taiwan independence” and “cross-Strait peace” are “as irreconcilable as fire and water.”
“Safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is the biggest common denominator between China and the U.S.,” she said.
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14 hours ago
China says US talks yielded ‘positive outcomes’ as Trump-Xi meeting begins
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump react during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, May 14, 2026. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Pool)
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning provided an update early Thursday following initial talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump.
“President Xi stressed to President Trump that facts have shown time and again that trade wars have no winner,” Mao said in a statement. “China-U.S. economic and trade ties are mutually beneficial and win-win in nature. Where disagreements and frictions exist, equal-footed consultation is the only right choice.”
“Our economic and trade teams produced generally balanced and positive outcomes,” the statement continued. “This is good news for the people of the two countries and the world. The two sides should jointly sustain the good momentum that we have worked hard to create.”
In a separate statement, Mao said Xi described the current international landscape as “fluid and turbulent.”
“The world has come to another crossroads,” Mao said. “Can China and the United States overcome the Thucydides Trap and create a new paradigm of major-country relations? Can we meet global challenges together and provide greater stability for the world? Can we build a bright future together for our bilateral relations in the interest of the well-being of the two peoples and the future of humanity?”
“These are the questions vital to history, to the world, and to the people,” the statement added. “They are the questions of our times that the leaders of major countries need to answer together.”
Mao also reiterated that the two countries share common interests, noting that “success in one is an opportunity for the other, and a stable bilateral relationship is good for the world.”
“We should be partners, not rivals,” Mao added. “We should help each other succeed and prosper together, and find the right way for major countries to get along well with each other in the new era.”
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14 hours ago
China rolls out red carpet for Trump as Xi meeting tests trade, Taiwan tensions
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on May 14, 2026 in Beijing, China. President Trump is meeting with President Xi Jinping in Beijing to address the Iran conflict, trade imbalances, and the Taiwan situation while establishing new bilateral boards for economic and AI oversight. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump was greeted with pomp and circumstance by the Chinese as he met China's President Xi Jinping ahead of a high-stakes bilateral meeting between the two nations.
After arriving in his armored vehicle Thursday morning local time, Trump met with Xi in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in front of crowds of military personnel, dignitaries, music and children.
After shaking hands with the Chinese president, the pair introduced each other to their dignitaries and later stood beneath a ceremonial red-and-yellow canopy for a photo-op as the star-spangled banner and China's national anthem played in the background.
"That was an honor like few I have ever seen before," Trump said after they made their way into the Great Hall. "I think I was particularly impressed by those children. They were happy, they were beautiful. The military is obvious — it couldn't be better — but those children were amazing, and they represent so much. And I know, I know, they represent so much to you."
The ceremony marked the formal start of Trump’s high-stakes visit, with the pageantry outside the Great Hall giving way to a series of meetings expected to focus on trade, security and the broader effort to stabilize relations between Washington and Beijing.
During the opening ceremony, Trump walked around and admired the pomp and circumstance that included children waving flags and holding flowers.
The event included marching by Chinese soldiers and music from Chinese military bands.
This is an excerpt of an article by Fox News Digital's Alec Schemmel.
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15 hours ago
Trump’s upbeat China message collides with deepening Beijing rivalry
President Donald Trump opened his high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping by predicting a "fantastic future together" — striking an unusually warm tone as his administration pursues new trade and investment deals with Beijing.
"In fact, the longest relationship of our two countries that any president and president has had," Trump said at the start of the bilateral meeting Thursday local time. "We've had a fantastic relationship. We've gotten along."
"And whenever we had a problem, we worked that out very quickly," he continued. "We're going to have a fantastic future together."
The comments came as Trump arrived in Beijing accompanied by a delegation of top American executives, underscoring the administration’s focus on economic dealmaking even as broader tensions between the two countries remain unresolved.
The delegation includes executives from major U.S. firms spanning aerospace, finance, technology and agriculture, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon and Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon.
White House officials said ahead of the trip that Americans should expect the president to "deliver more good deals," with talks expected to include aerospace, agriculture and energy, as well as continued work on a proposed U.S.-China "Board of Trade" and "Board of Investment."
A senior administration official said the potential trade framework under discussion could involve "double-digit billion" levels of commerce, along with possible purchase commitments from China in areas such as aircraft and agricultural products.
The emphasis on dealmaking comes after years of friction between Washington and Beijing over trade, technology and military competition.
This is an excerpt of an article by Fox News Digital's Morgan Phillips.
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15 hours ago
Graham says Trump-Xi summit success depends on China’s actions
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said late Wednesday that the success of President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping will depend on China’s actions afterward.
“I’m going to judge this summit by what China does,” Graham said in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “Xi could pick up the phone and end the Russia-Ukraine war. He could pick up the phone and end the Iran conflict, if he chose to.”
Graham said the “only thing China respects is strength.”
“So when this is over, if they’re still doing the same thing with Iran and Russia and we don’t punish China, we’ve made a mistake,” he said.
Graham reiterated that the goal of the summit is to get China to act “more normal.”
“The bottom line is, I want a good relationship with China, but if President Trump doesn’t make it clear to President Xi that your bad actions regarding Iran and Russia — fueling terrorism and a never-ending conflict — they need to change.”
“If they change, you’ll be rewarded,” he added. “If they don’t, you’ll be punished. If we don’t communicate that, then I think we’ll have failed to achieve the goal of this summit for me, which is to get China to be more normal.”
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16 hours ago
Xi says US, China should be ‘partners, not rivals’ at start of talks with Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in events at the Great Hall of the People and does a greeting with the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping May 14, 2026, in Beijing China. (Kenny Holston/Pool via REUTERS)
Chinese President Xi Jinping opened meetings Thursday inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing by highlighting shared interests with the United States and marking the 250th anniversary of the United States.
“Success in one is an opportunity for the other, and a stable bilateral relationship is good for the world,” Xi said in remarks translated into English.
“China and the United States both stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation,” he continued. “We should be partners, not rivals. We should help each other succeed and prosper together, and find the right way for major countries to get along well with each other in the new era.”
Addressing President Donald Trump, Xi said he looked forward to discussions on major issues important to both countries and the world.
“Mr. President, I look forward to our discussions on major issues important to our two countries and the world, and working together with you to set the course for and steer the giant ship of China-U.S. relations so as to make 2026 a historic landmark year that opens up a new chapter in China-U.S. relations,” he said.
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16 hours ago
Trump praises Xi as ‘great leader’ at start of high-stakes talks in Beijing
As meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping began early Thursday, President Donald Trump praised the leader while highlighting their personal relationship.
“We've had a fantastic relationship. We've gotten along — when there were difficulties, we worked it out,” Trump said.
“Whenever we had a problem, we worked it out very quickly, and we're going to have a fantastic future together,” he continued.
Trump also praised Xi, saying he has “such respect for China.”
“You're a great leader,” Trump said. “I say it to everybody. You're a great leader. Sometimes people don't like me saying it, but I say it anyway because it's true. I only say the truth.”
Trump added that he brought an extended delegation, including numerous business leaders, who he said “look forward to trade and doing business.”
He said the talks with Xi could amount to the “biggest summit ever.”
“I really look very much forward to our discussion. It's a big discussion,” Trump said. “There are those that say this is maybe the biggest summit ever. They can never remember anything like it. I can say in the United States, people aren't talking about anything else.”
“But it's an honor to be with you,” he added. “It's an honor to be your friend. And the relationship between China and the USA is going to be better than ever before.”
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16 hours ago
Trump meets Xi in Beijing as high-stakes talks begin
President Donald Trump arrived at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing shortly after 10 a.m. local time to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The two leaders shook hands before watching a welcome ceremony, standing side by side as their national anthems played.
They then walked along a red carpet to inspect a military honor guard.
Both leaders paused in front of dozens of children waving flowers during the ceremony.
The two leaders then entered the Great Hall to begin bilateral meetings.
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17 hours ago
Former Chinese military official says Beijing sees itself as equal to US ahead of Trump Xi summit
A former senior Chinese military official said Beijing increasingly views itself on equal footing with the U.S. as President Donald Trump prepares for a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Speaking with Fox News’ Brett Baier, Zhou Bo, a former senior colonel in China’s People’s Liberation Army, said Trump’s visit alone is seen as a win domestically.
“The fact that Donald Trump is visiting China is already a success,” Zhou said, adding that many in China now believe the country stands as an equal to the U.S. on the global stage.
Zhou also suggested China could play a role in easing tensions in the Persian Gulf, where conflict tied to Iran has disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. He described the situation as unstable and said it is in China’s interest to see a resolution.
“It is also in our interest to see an early ending of this war,” he said.
While acknowledging the disruption, Zhou said the impact on China’s energy supply is “bearable,” citing diversified energy sources and long-term planning, though he noted the broader instability still poses risks to the global economy.
On Taiwan, Zhou made clear the issue remains a core priority for Beijing and is expected to come up during the summit. He said any shift in U.S. policy language — particularly moving from not supporting Taiwan independence to actively opposing it — would be seen as a meaningful change by China.
Despite ongoing tensions, Zhou downplayed the likelihood of imminent conflict, saying China continues to favor “peaceful reunification” and framing the U.S.-China relationship as competitive rather than hostile.
“We are not your enemy… we are best described by you as a competitor,” he said.
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17 hours ago
Marco Rubio urges China to act on Iran as crisis impacts cargo and global shipping routes
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said China has a strong economic and strategic incentive to step in and help curb Iran’s actions in the Persian Gulf, warning the ongoing crisis threatens global stability.
Speaking with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Rubio said Chinese-linked cargo has already been impacted, noting that ships tied to China are effectively stuck in the region amid uncertainty over safe passage through the Strait.
“You saw a Chinese, not Chinese-flagged vessel, but it was Chinese cargo got hit over the weekend,” Rubio said, adding that the situation highlights the risks of allowing selective access through the critical waterway.
Rubio argued the disruption poses a broader threat to China’s economy, which relies heavily on energy shipments moving through the Strait and on global demand for its exports. He warned that as economies struggle amid the crisis, demand for Chinese goods could fall and exports could “drop precipitously.”
He added that the U.S. hopes to push China to take a more active role in pressuring Iran.
“It’s in their interest to resolve this,” Rubio said.
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17 hours ago
Rubio says US must balance rivalry and cooperation with China as tensions persist
Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that the United States must carefully navigate its relationship with China as tensions between the two global powers continue to grow.
“It's both our top political challenge geopolitically, and it's also the most important relationship for us to manage,” Rubio said during an appearance on Fox News’ “Hannity.”
Rubio pointed to China’s growing power as a key factor shaping global dynamics, saying clashes between U.S. and Chinese interests are inevitable.
“We're going to have interests of ours that are going to be in conflict with interests of theirs,” he said, adding that maintaining peace and stability will require careful management.
At the same time, Rubio emphasized that the relationship is not purely adversarial and could include areas of cooperation.
“There might be some areas of cooperation, too, and we want to make sure we don't walk away from those,” he said.
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21 hours ago
Report says China helped Iran rebuild missile and drone capabilities ahead of Trump Xi meeting
A split image shows Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and President Donald Trump, right, after Trump said China agreed to stop supplying weapons to Iran. (Vincent Thian/POOL/AFP via Getty Images; Salwan Georges/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
China has played a key role in helping Iran rebuild its military capabilities following recent U.S. strikes as President Donald Trump prepares to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, according to a report.
JINSA.org reported that Beijing has provided Tehran with dual-use items for ballistic missile production, as well as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities and air defense systems, helping Iran recover from damage sustained during recent conflicts.
The report said China also supplied sodium perchlorate, a key chemical precursor used in missile fuel, in quantities sufficient for hundreds of missiles, enabling Iran to rapidly rebuild its ballistic missile program after suffering significant losses.
JINSA.org reported that China continued bolstering Iran’s capabilities ahead of U.S. military operations, including by moving surveillance assets into the Middle East and working to strengthen Tehran’s offensive capabilities.
The report added that Beijing was sending offensive drones to Iran and was close to finalizing a deal for CM-302 supersonic missiles, while also deploying vessels capable of tracking U.S. naval activity and potentially providing targeting data for Iranian operations.
Chinese companies also published satellite imagery of U.S. military assets in the region, signaling Beijing’s ability to monitor American movements and potentially share intelligence, while China participated in joint naval exercises with Iran and Russia to enhance coordination.
The analysis argued that Trump’s upcoming summit with Xi presents a key opportunity for the United States to pressure China to halt its support for Iran and curb the transfer of military and dual-use technologies.
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22 hours ago
Trump gets red-carpet welcome in China, but past Beijing trip shows pageantry only goes so far
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng during an arrival ceremony at Beijing Capital International Airport in 2026. (Reuters/Evan Vucci)
President Trump received a red-carpet welcome when he landed in Beijing Wednesday with a military honor guard, band and children waving American and Chinese flags ahead of high-stakes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The ceremony also highlighted the bigger question around Trump’s return to China about whether this visit can yield more lasting progress than his 2017 trip, which featured major business announcements but was followed by a sharp deterioration in U.S.-China trade relations.
The meeting comes as trade tensions, the Iran war and disputes over Taiwan place new pressure on Washington and Beijing to stabilize relations between the world’s two largest economies.
The red carpet was rolled out with a welcome ceremony consisting of a military honor guard and a military band with Chinese children waving American and Chinese flags.
Find out what else happened during the red-carpet welcome in China.
This is an excerpt from a story by Fox News Digital’s Ashley J. DiMella.
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22 hours ago
Pompeo says Trump must press China on Iran support during high stakes talks
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that President Donald Trump should prioritize confronting China over its role in the Middle East as the president meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
“They know it's diminishing our stockpiles of weapons. They know it's distracting us and taking our attention,” Pompeo told Martha MacCallum on “The Story,” arguing that China has a political incentive to see conflict with Iran continue.
Pompeo warned that Chinese support for Iran — including potential transfers of technology — must be addressed directly during the talks, calling it a threat to U.S. interests and security.
“If there are, in fact, Chinese companies transferring technology that's killing American kids, putting our lives at risk,” Pompeo said. “He needs to be very clear that that is completely unacceptable and tell XI Jinping, ‘stop it, don't do that,’ and that we will hold them accountable if they continue to deliver weaponry and capabilities, whether it's cyber mapping technology, targeting systems to the Iranian leaders, so they can put Americans at risk. That is completely unacceptable.”
He also accused China of using the conflict to weaken the United States strategically while benefiting from the diversion of American military focus away from the Indo-Pacific.
“I think their political objective is to say, let's distract America, let's cost them money, and let's make life difficult for our adversary,” Pompeo said.
Pompeo added that longstanding issues such as intellectual property theft remain unresolved, expressing skepticism that meaningful progress would be made during the trip without increased pressure on Beijing.
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23 hours ago
China tweaks Rubio name as sanctioned secretary joins Trump in Beijing
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on May 12, 2026 as he departs for a 3-day state visit to China. (Getty Images)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to Beijing with President Donald Trump despite being under Chinese sanctions, in a diplomatic workaround that appeared to hinge on Beijing altering the Chinese spelling of his name.
ChannelNewsAsia.com reported that Chinese officials began using a different character for the first syllable of Rubio’s surname shortly before he took office, allowing the government to sidestep sanctions that had barred him under the previous transliteration.
Rubio, who was sanctioned twice by China during his time in the Senate over his criticism of Beijing’s human rights record, was seen boarding Air Force One ahead of his first official visit to the country as secretary of state.
The report cited diplomats who said the name change likely enabled China to bypass the entry restrictions tied to the earlier spelling, though the Chinese embassy did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Despite his history as a vocal critic of Beijing, Rubio has supported Trump’s efforts to strengthen trade ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping, even as tensions persist over Taiwan, human rights and broader geopolitical competition.
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23 hours ago
Beijing draws red line on Taiwan as Trump heads into high stakes talks
Soldiers pose for group photos with a Taiwan flag after a preparedness enhancement drill simulating the defense against Beijing's military intrusions, ahead of the Lunar New Year in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan on Jan. 11, 2023. (Daniel Ceng/AP Photo)
China on Wednesday reiterated its opposition to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan ahead of President Donald Trump’s arrival in Beijing for high-stakes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as tensions over the island’s status remain a central flashpoint.
ChannelNewsAsia.com reported that the issue of Taiwan — which China claims as its own territory — is expected to be a key topic during Trump’s meetings with Xi, alongside broader concerns over trade and regional security.
A spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said Beijing “firmly opposes” any U.S. military ties with Taiwan, underscoring what it called a consistent and unequivocal position against weapons sales to the island.
“We firmly oppose the United States engaging in any form of military ties with China's Taiwan region, and firmly oppose the United States selling weapons to China's Taiwan region,” spokesperson Zhang Han said. “This position is consistent and unequivocal.”
The U.S. is legally required to provide Taiwan with defensive capabilities despite lacking formal diplomatic relations, and the Trump administration previously approved an $11 billion arms package for Taipei, the largest of its kind, according to ChannelNewsAsia.com.
Beijing has repeatedly described Taiwan as a “core” national interest and warned against any moves supporting its independence, with officials saying China’s resolve to oppose separatism is “as firm as a rock.”
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May 14
Sinema says Trump’s China visit signals AI showdown with high stakes
Former Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, co-chair of the AI Infrastructure Coalition, said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s trip to China is designed to project American dominance in artificial intelligence and send a message to both Beijing and Tehran as tensions over trade, technology and national security continue to grow.
“We have been in a race with China for AI dominance for a number of years, and it's so incredibly important that American AI is the global AI,” Sinema said during an appearance on “Fox & Friends.” “We know that China will develop AI with Chinese Communist Party values, they will sell it and allow folks like Iran to use it. And then, they will use that AI to hurt our interests.”
Sinema said Trump’s decision to bring top technology and finance executives to Beijing was intentional and strategic as the U.S. competes with China for leadership in artificial intelligence and advanced technology.
“I think it's strategic that the president has taken leaders from the AI community and the companies that actually help build that American AI on that trip,” Sinema said. “He's got Meta, he's got xAI, he's got Apple, but he also has the finance folks who are helping build that structure.
“So, what he's done by taking these 17 leaders, handpicked, is he’s sending a message to China and by proxy to Iran,” Sinema added. “We've got the technology. We're going to be in charge.”
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May 14
Stocks rise as Trump’s China trip fuels hopes for a major market shift
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp, and U.S. President Donald Trump. (Graeme Sloan/Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg)
Stocks climbed Wednesday as investors bet President Donald Trump’s Beijing trip — which included Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — could signal a softer U.S. stance toward China and a potential easing of tensions surrounding AI chip exports.
Reuters reported that markets closely watched Trump’s arrival in Beijing ahead of meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, with investors searching for signs the two sides could stabilize trade ties as global economic pressures mount.
Huang’s presence on the trip also drew attention because Nvidia sits at the center of the global AI race and has been caught between U.S. export controls and Chinese demand for advanced semiconductors, highlighting the delicate balance between national security concerns and commercial ties with China’s technology sector.
Broader market concerns still lingered in the background after Boston Federal Reserve President Susan Collins warned additional interest rate hikes may be needed if inflation pressures do not abate, while oil prices remained elevated above $100 per barrel.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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May 14
Trump resting before big Wednesday night (Thursday morning) schedule on Xi summit
People gather to see the motorcade of President Donald Trump outside the Four Seasons Hotel on May 13, 2026 in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday morning in Beijing, with a bilateral meeting and state banquet on the schedule as the two leaders begin a closely watched summit.
Trump’s early schedule in China begins with executive time at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, which is 8 a.m. Thursday local time in Beijing.
The president is scheduled to arrive at the Great Hall of the People at 9:55 p.m. ET Wednesday, or 9:55 a.m. Thursday local time, before participating in a greeting with Xi at 10 p.m. ET.
Trump and Xi are then expected to hold a bilateral meeting at 10:15 p.m. ET Wednesday, or 10:15 a.m. Thursday in Beijing.
Later Thursday, Trump is scheduled to attend a state banquet hosted by Xi at the Great Hall of the People at 6 a.m. ET, or 6 p.m. local time.
China Standard Time is 12 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Breaking News May 14
Air Force One interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio airing tonight on 'Hannity'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, aboard Air Force One on Tuesday night, wore the same grey tracksuit made famous during former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's capture earlier this year. (White House via X/Getty Images)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat down with Sean Hannity aboard Air Force One while en route to China for President Donald Trump’s high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The interview, which will air 9 p.m. ET on Fox News’ “Hannity,” focuses on the U.S.-China relationship, Trump’s upcoming talks with Xi and the ongoing conflict with Iran.
Rubio spoke with Hannity as Trump traveled to Beijing for the two-day summit, where trade, China’s support for Iran and Russia, semiconductor chips, artificial intelligence and U.S. agricultural exports are expected to be on the agenda.
Rubio made headlines Tuesday night on Air Force One, wearing the Nike tracksuit made famous by Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro during his capture earlier this year.
The sit-down comes as Trump and Xi prepare for closely watched negotiations that could shape the future of U.S.-China relations and determine whether the two countries can reach a broader trade agreement.
Watch Sean Hannity’s full interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio aboard Air Force One tonight at 9 p.m. ET.
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May 14
House Oversight Chair Comer: China could face more tariffs if Trump-Xi summit falls short
President Donald Trump quickly boarded 'the Beast' on the Beijing tarmac after arriving in China on Wednesday morning. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
China could face additional U.S. tariffs if President Donald Trump’s two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping does not produce results, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer warned Wednesday.
“If I were President Xi, I would worry if this is an unsuccessful summit after two days that China could be faced with even more tariffs from the United States,” Comer told Fox Business' "Mornings With Maria."
“I think this is a very important trip," according to Comer.
"Obviously it’s historic, but we have a lot of problems with China,” he continued. “We really need to have a trade agreement, a fair trade agreement with China.”
Any agreement should include Beijing buying more American agricultural products and importing U.S. energy, while also addressing longstanding concerns about China’s conduct toward the United States, he added.
China is stealing intellectual property, manipulating its currency, ignoring environmental standards and helping fund Iran, Comer warned.
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May 14
GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno: US must ‘hermetically seal’ market from Chinese vehicles
The U.S. should “hermetically seal” its market from Chinese vehicles, Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, warned Wednesday on Fox News.
“What the Chinese have decided to do is create this massive auto industrial complex, not for domestic consumption, but to be predators in the Western world,” Moreno told "Fox & Friends." “So if they came into the U.S., they would wipe out our automakers, completely devastate our steel industry, our rubber industry, our electronics industry.”
Moreno, who previously worked in the auto industry, said the sector makes up “about 10% of our entire economy” and argued Chinese vehicles also pose surveillance risks.
“These are roving surveillance devices,” Moreno said. “These things could be accessed remotely. They can be manipulated from Beijing. Imagine allowing these kinds of things all over our roads.”
Moreno has introduced a bill to bar Chinese vehicles from entering the U.S. market, including through neighboring countries.
“Our bill completely hermetically seals the United States from any Chinese automobiles — not just the production, not just the importation, but all the way down the supply chain,” Moreno said. “It’s finally time for Washington to be proactive and protect our industries and protect our American workers.”
Moreno said the legislation would also apply to Chinese vehicles attempting to enter from Canada or Mexico, with enforcement tied to vehicle identification numbers.
“Our bill prohibits the importation or driving of any Chinese vehicle on any American road,” Moreno said. “So if you went to Canada or Mexico and you try to drive into the United States after my bill passes, you would not be able to do that.”
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May 14
Schumer says Americans should ‘fear what Trump may concede to China’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., suggested President Donald Trump is going to offer China giveaways, despite Trump's years of critical positions on China. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump could give Beijing major concessions to Xi Jinping during his visit to China, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., warned Wednesday.
“We all ought to fear what Donald Trump may concede to China, just so he can claim a headline,” Schumer said Wednesday on the Senate floor.
Schumer pointed to Trump’s talk of potential Chinese investment in the U.S., arguing it could threaten American supply chains and economic independence.
“Trump has fantasized about $1 trillion in Chinese investments in America," Schumer said. "That would give the Chinese a stranglehold on our economy, threaten our supply chains, our economic independence, our national security.
"This is Trump empowering Xi’s Made in China ambitions, selling out American manufacturers and workers, giving CCP businesses an edge in undermining America, building industries of the future here at home.”
Schumer also warned Trump could make concessions on electric vehicles, chips, artificial intelligence, fentanyl and Taiwan, saying the risks extend beyond trade.
“Donald Trump could sell out Taiwan, whose people want to continue living in freedom instead of under the jackboot of the Chinese Communist Party,” Schumer said. “Any threat Trump allows Xi Jinping to make against the Taiwanese is a threat to global democracy. It’s also a threat to the global economy, given how many semiconductor chips are made in Taiwan.”
Schumer closed the China portion of his remarks by accusing Trump of being outmaneuvered by Xi.
“Forget the art of the deal, Trump is practicing the art of the duped,” Schumer said.
Posted by Eric Mack
May 13
Energy secretary says US in ‘nuclear renaissance’ as China expands arsenal
The United States is in a “nuclear renaissance” as lawmakers warned China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal and broader military capacity, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told senators Wednesday
“Thanks to President [Donald] Trump’s leadership, America’s nuclear renaissance is here,” Wright told the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration’s atomic energy defense activities.
The National Nuclear Security Administration is “delivering more new nuclear weapons and plutonium pits than at any time since the Cold War,” while carrying out seven major warhead modernization programs at once to ensure every leg of the nuclear triad remains “safe, secure, and effective,” according to Wright.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., used his opening statement to warn China is no longer pursuing a limited nuclear deterrent.
“Beijing is engaged in an unprecedented nuclear expansion under Xi Jinping,” Wicker said. “China is moving well beyond a minimum deterrent. Instead, China’s building a far larger and more sophisticated nuclear force.”
China has “rapidly constructed hundreds of new missile silos,” expanded mobile missile and ballistic missile submarine forces, and invested in long-range bombers as part of what he called a strategy “designed to surpass the United States in the coming decade,” Wicker added.
“China is executing this nuclear buildup alongside a broader military industrial surge,” he concluded. “Deterrence is expensive, but this is a competition we cannot afford to lose.”
Posted by Eric Mack
May 13
China unlikely to ‘stick their neck out’ for U.S. on Iran, former NSC official warns
China is unlikely to offer President Donald Trump meaningful help on Iran when he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to a former National Security Council official warning Wednesday.
“The Iran war is going to dominate the subtext of this entire visit,” Michael Allen, managing director at Beacon Global Strategies and a former NSC senior director under President George W. Bush, told “Fox & Friends.”
“I don’t think China is going to stick their neck out on our behalf,” Allen added. “Maybe we get a little cooperation with them behind the scenes to urge the Iranians to meaningfully compromise, but I don’t think they’re going to give us anything on the order of what we want.”
Allen said the U.S. should use “all diplomatic levers” available, including pressure from Gulf allies such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, to encourage China to play a more constructive role. But he said Beijing does not want to appear as though it is helping Washington or abandoning Iran.
“They don’t want to seem like they’re selling out their ally,” Allen said.
Allen warned that any economic progress should not obscure the larger strategic reality amid multiple ongoing global wars.
“We need to be clear-eyed about this, and that’s that the Chinese are not necessarily our friends on this,” Allen concluded.
Posted by Eric Mack
May 13
Sen. Rand Paul tees up CIA-tied whistleblower hearing as Trump makes first post-COVID trip to China
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is opening a new front in the long-running fight over COVID-19’s origins, convening a Senate hearing Wednesday with testimony from a CIA-linked whistleblower who Paul says will accuse the intelligence community of burying evidence tied to the pandemic’s beginnings.
The hearing comes as President Donald Trump is in China for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, putting the unresolved question of COVID’s origins back into the political spotlight at a sensitive moment in U.S.-China relations.
Paul previewed the hearing in a post on X, accusing U.S. officials of hiding the truth about the virus and pointing to research in Wuhan, China.
"Tomorrow, a CIA whistleblower will testify before my committee that the intelligence community has covered up the origins of COVID for years," Paul posted Tuesday on X. "Evidence shows the US government funded research in Wuhan, and the resulting virus likely escaped from the lab. The cover-up is real — Americans deserve the truth."
The hearing, titled “Whistleblower Testimony on the COVID Coverup,” is scheduled to being at 10 a.m. in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which Paul chairs.
Posted by Eric Mack
Breaking News May 13
Air Force One delegation touches down in Beijing, Trump walks red carpet at 8:08 am ET
President Donald Trump, with U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue, is escorted by China's Vice President Han Zheng and greeted by Chinese youth upon arriving at Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing on May 13, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Air Force One touches down in Beijing, China at around 7:51 a.m. ET (Wednesday morning U.S. time and Wednesday night in China) at Beijing Capital International Airport.
The plane taxied for around eight minutes before doors opened to prep for the official red-carpet arrival.
President Donald Trump deplaned at 8:08 a.m. ET to be greeted by Chinese Vice President H.E. Han Zheng, along with U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue, Chinese Ambassador to the U.S H.E. Xie Feng and Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Ma Zhaoxu.
Following him off the plane were Trump’s son, Eric, and Lara Trump, his daughter-in-law, as well as assorted travelers, including Space X chief Elon Musk.
He did not answer questions, instead climbing in a limo on the way to his hotel.
The pomp-filled welcoming ceremony included some 300 Chinese youth, a military honor guard and military band.
“Welcome, welcome! Warm welcome!” the children chanted in Chinese.
Trump has no public events beyond his arrival on Wednesday’s schedule, but is set to meet with Xi a series of times Thursday and Friday.
The leaders will hold bilateral talks and a formal banquet Thursday.
Establishing a Board of Trade with China is going to be atop the agenda to address differences between the countries. The board could help stability the global economy, if not help push the world toward peace.
Three hundred youngsters waved miniature American and Chinese flags in front of themselves and then over their head in unison.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Posted by Eric Mack
Breaking News May 13
Trump arrives at Beijing hotel with no other Wednesday events planned
President Donald Trump walks to his motorcade as he is greeted by Chinese officials at Beijing Capital International Airport on May 13, 2026 in Beijing, China. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump arrived at his Beijing hotel around 8:35 p.m. local time (8:35 a.m. ET).
A large crowd gathered outside across the street, according to the pool report.
This is Trump's first visit to China in more than nine years, and notably the first after COVID-19.
Posted by Eric Mack
Breaking News May 13
China getting oil out of Strait of Hormuz before Trump-Xi summit![]()
This Chinese supertanker carrying two million barrels of Iraqi crude was one of two vessels that crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. (MarineTraffic)
A Chinese supertanker — carrying two million barrels of Iraqi crude — was one of two vessels that crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday as President Donald Trump arrived in China.
Yuan Hua Hu is now the third known passage by a Chinese oil tanker through the strait since the start of the conflict.
Posted by Lauren Simonetti
May 13
Trump confirms Nvidia's Huang has seat on Air Force One for economic superpower summit
President Donald Trump issued a rebuke for fake news suggesting Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is not traveling with him to China aboard Air Force One, pushing back on a report that Huang had not been invited to join the high-profile business delegation.
“CNBC incorrectly reported that the Great Jensen Huang, of Nvidia, was not invited,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, saying Huang was “currently on Air Force One” and joking that he would remain there “unless I ask him to leave, which is highly unlikely.”
"Jensen is attending the summit at the invitation of President Trump to support America and the administration's goals,” a Nvidia spokesman confirmed to Fox Business.
Trump's post came listed the roster of top U.S. executives that includes: Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, Cargill CEO Brian Sikes, Citi CEO Jane Fraser, GE Aerospace CEO Larry Culp, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra and Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon.
Trump said he plans to ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to “open up” China to American business leaders, calling Xi “a Leader of extraordinary distinction” and saying it would be his “very first request” when the two meet.
Huang’s presence is particularly significant because Nvidia sits at the center of the global AI race and has been caught between U.S. export controls and Chinese demand for advanced semiconductors.
The president framed the trip as a chance to expand access for U.S. companies in China, saying the executives traveling with him could “work their magic” and help raise economic ties between the two countries.
“I have never seen or heard of any idea that would be more beneficial to our incredible Countries,” Trump wrote.
Fox Business' Elise Oggioni contributed to this report.
Posted by Eric Mack
May 13
Zelenskyy urges Trump to press China toward pushing Russia toward peace
While trade and the global economy might be higher priorities for President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is hoping to remain on the agenda, too.
Zelenskyy said Wednesday he hoped that Trump will discuss ending the war in Ukraine during his visit to China.
Ukraine has repeatedly urged China, which has close ties with Russia, to play a bigger role in bringing peace closer.
Reuters contributed to this report.
Posted by Eric Mack
May 13
Trump to call on Xi to 'open up' China in summit to test trade, strength and peace
President Donald Trump is going to be pressing Chinese President Xi Jinping to "open up China" to more American trade.
“I will be asking President Xi, a Leader of extraordinary distinction, to ‘open up’ China so that these brilliant people can work their magic, and help bring the People’s Republic to an even higher level!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, previewing what he said would be his “very first request” when the two leaders meet.
Trump suggested that American entrepreneurs and executives could help drive growth inside China if Beijing lowers barriers and allows U.S. firms more room to operate.
China has tightened its grip on key supply chains, critical minerals and advanced manufacturing, while the United States has sought to protect its lead in semiconductors, artificial intelligence and defense technology.
The Taiwan question remains one of the most sensitive issues on the table. Any discussion of arms sales, military posture or Taiwan’s role in the global semiconductor industry could quickly overshadow trade pledges. Beijing has long treated Taiwan as a red line, while Washington has maintained security and economic ties with the island.
The Iran war also hangs over the talks. Reports ahead of the summit said the conflict and its effect on energy markets, inflation and global stability are expected to be part of the discussions.
Posted by Eric Mack
May 13
Trump heads to Beijing for high-stakes Xi talks as Taiwan tensions, trade disputes test US strength
President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday for high-stakes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as the world’s two largest powers prepare to negotiate about Taiwan, trade and a fragile U.S.-China relationship increasingly shaped by military tension and economic rivalry.
The meeting comes at a volatile moment for Washington, as a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran faces mounting strain following recent military exchanges in and around the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump is expected to press Xi on China’s economic and strategic support for both Iran and Russia, including oil revenue, dual-use components and potential weapons transfers, according to senior administration officials.
Top U.S. business leaders also are traveling with Trump to Beijing, including executives from Apple, Boeing, Tesla, BlackRock and Goldman Sachs, highlighting the administration’s focus on securing economic deals alongside strategic talks.
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Trump Says He and Xi Talked Extensively About Taiwan
As President Trump left Beijing, he and Xi Jinping, China’s leader, played up stability. There was no indication that they had resolved any major points of contention on Taiwan, the war in Iran or other issues.
Published May 14, 2026
Updated May 15, 2026, 5:49 p.m. ET
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President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, ended a summit in Beijing on Friday without announcing any clear resolutions on major issues like Taiwan, trade barriers and the war in Iran.
Speaking to journalists aboard Air Force One after his departure, Mr. Trump said that he and Mr. Xi had talked “in great detail” about a long-delayed U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, which China strongly opposes. The president said they had not discussed tariffs and he had not asked Mr. Xi “for any favors” in resolving the stalemate with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.
Earlier on Friday the two leaders had emphasized stability and friendly ties. Sitting beside Mr. Xi during a meeting at Zhongnanhai, the walled headquarters for China’s ruling Communist Party, Mr. Trump said that the Chinese leader had “become really a friend” and that they felt similarly about the war in the Middle East.
“We’ve settled a lot of different problems that other people wouldn’t have been able to settle,” Mr. Trump said, without elaborating.
For his part, Mr. Xi avoided wading into specific issues, a sharp contrast to a blunt warning over Taiwan he issued on Thursday. He described the visit as a “historic and symbolic” milestone.
“We have established a new bilateral relationship, based on constructive strategic stability,” he said.
Mr. Trump told reporters on Air Force One that the two leaders had “talked a lot about Taiwan” and a $14 billion weapons deal that the Trump administration has held off on approving to avoid upsetting China.
“I’ll be making decisions,” he said of the deal, without setting out a clear timeline. “But you know, I think the last thing we need right now is a war that’s 9,500 miles away.”
The Chinese government, which has not ruled out the use of force to take over Taiwan, bristles at any American arms sales to the island. Taiwan considers them essential for ensuring its defense against a Chinese invasion. Since 1979, Taiwan has received American arms worth tens of billions of dollars, although much of this arsenal is now aged.
The Trump-Xi summit was the first U.S. presidential visit to China in nearly a decade and was a test of whether the détente between the two nations would continue. It was heavy on public praise and pleasantries. At a lavish state banquet on Thursday evening, Mr. Trump invited Mr. Xi to visit the White House in September.
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Trump discussed Taiwan arms sales with Xi ‘in great detail.’
President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had discussed U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing, a step that may have tested Washington’s decades-old assurance to Taiwan not to “consult” on the sensitive topic with China.
Speaking to journalists aboard Air Force One after his departure from Beijing, Mr. Trump was asked if the topic of U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan came up during the two-day summit with Mr. Xi. Mr. Trump offered somewhat contradictory answers, saying at first: “No, I didn’t say anything about it,” then, moments later, saying that the arms sales had been discussed with Mr. Xi “in great detail.”
Since 1979, Taiwan has received American weapons worth tens of billions of dollars. Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its territory, objects to those arms sales. In 1982, the United States broadened its support of Taiwan with a document known as the Six Assurances, one of which said Washington “has not agreed to consult with” China on arms sales to Taiwan.
Asked about the 1982 commitment, Mr. Trump appeared to downplay its relevance.
“Well, I think the 1980s is a long way,” Mr. Trump said, apparently referring to that commitment. “That’s a big, far distance.”
Mr. Trump told reporters the Chinese leader had brought up the issue of arms sales. “So what am I going to do?” he said. “Say ‘I don’t want to talk to you about it’? Because I have an agreement that was signed in 1982? No, we discussed arms sales.”
Mr. Trump added: “You know, the whole thing with the arms sales was in great detail, actually.”
Mr. Trump has delayed giving final approval for American companies to sell Taiwan weapons worth about $14 billion. His latest comments — which suggest he is weighing Mr. Xi’s objections — are likely to magnify uncertainty in Taiwan about whether or when the deal will be approved.
Mr. Trump said he would make a decision on that issue. But he also added: “I think the last thing we need right now is a war that’s 9,500 miles away. I think that’s the last thing we need.”
This week, Mr. Xi told Mr. Trump that their countries’ dispute over Taiwan, if handled poorly, could lead to conflict and “an extremely dangerous situation.” In a phone call in February, Mr. Xi warned Mr. Trump about those arms sales, telling him to handle the issue with “extreme caution.”
Mr. Trump had earlier signed off on an $11 billion sale late last year, a move that angered Beijing.
What precisely was discussed between Mr. Trump and Mr. Xi was not yet clear, said Bonnie S. Glaser, the managing director of the Indo-Pacific Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, who specializes in Taiwan policy. “We’re going to have to try and read between the lines, read the tea leaves,” she said.
“But my takeaway or preliminary assessment is that Xi Jinping was quite forceful in expressing his concern about U.S. arms sales to Taiwan,” she said. “I think Xi Jinping sees an opportunity to get the United States not only to delay arms, but potentially to reduce them and maybe not sell arms for a long period of time.”
President Trump has come under pressure from a group of U.S. lawmakers, who on Friday urged the president to formally notify Congress of the $14 billion arms package. They noted that Taiwan’s legislature had recently approved $25 billion in special funding to pay for the missiles and other weapons from the United States.
“Ahead of your summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, we urge you and your team to make clear that America’s support for Taiwan is inviolable,” the senators wrote.
During the summit, Mr. Trump did not publicly discuss America’s support for Taiwan. And on Air Force One, when asked if he would defend Taiwan in a conflict, Mr. Trump held to the “strategic ambiguity” that American presidents have long maintained: neither denying nor confirming whether Washington would intervene in such a war.
“There’s only one person that knows that,” he said. “You know who it is? Me. I’m the only person.”
Before the summit, Japanese officials were worried that Trump might consider abandoning some security commitments in Asia in exchange for a sweeping deal with Beijing. But those fears subsided somewhat after the meeting appeared to yield little in the way of major breakthroughs.
Trump also declined to say whether the United States would defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion. “I don’t want to say,” he said. “There’s only one person that knows that. You know who it is? Me.” Trump said Xi had asked him the same question during their conversations and that he had given the same response. “I said, ‘I don’t talk about those things,'” Trump said.
Rubio spoke about Iran, Taiwan, Cuba and more in a May 2026 during President Donald Trump’s trip to Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping
May 15, 2026, 11:17 AM GMT+8
TOM LLAMAS
OK, Mr. Secretary, we thank you so much for your time.
SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO:
Thank you.
TOM LLAMAS:
I do want to start by asking you — are you surprised that you’re even here in China as a U.S. senator? You know, you were sanctioned by China because of what you said talking about China’s record when it came to human rights abuses. You have never shied away from that. Do you still feel the same way now that you’re in this country?
SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO:
Yeah, I mean, the difference is my job now is no longer just to be a senator. My job is a different job. I’m the chief diplomat of the country, and I execute on the president’s foreign policy.
The second thing I would say is, irrespective of that, even in my time in the Senate, I would always acknowledge that the United States and China have to have a relationship. It’s the two largest economies in the world, probably the two most powerful militaries in the world, and I think it’s irresponsible for us not to have direct dialogue with them. And areas where we can find mutual cooperation, I think we can —
There’s probably virtually no problem in the world that we can’t solve if we work together on it. There’s — but with two big, powerful countries like this, there’s always going to be irritants. There’s always going to be areas of disagreement, and it’s our job, for the sake of our respective countries, but ultimately for the world, for the sake of the world, to try to manage those areas of difference.
You know, they’ve got red lines and things they never want to talk about, but we have them as well. And our job is to do and to promote the policies that are in the best interest of the United States.
TOM LLAMAS:
So for our viewers at home, there’s so much going on in the world, and the world is watching what’s happening here. What’s the main takeaway you can tell our viewers at home? What was negotiated, what’s been decided, and how is it going to change their lives back in America?
SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO:
Well, first and foremost, part of the problem we’ve faced in the United States for a long time is we’ve allowed our nation to be deindustrialized. If you think about factories, manufacturing, all kinds of key industries that have left the country, lithium batteries, that’s something America invented, and China now dominates that market.
So I always said it, and I always said it when I was in the Senate, China is doing what I would do if I were Chinese — If I were a Chinese leader. They’re trying to dominate the world in all these key industries of the future. We may not like it, but that’s what they’re going to do, because they’re acting in their best interest.
We have to act in our best interest. I’m the secretary of state of the United States, and before that, as you pointed out, a senator for the United States, I work for the president of the United States. Our job is to promote the interests of our country and to bring back — bring back as many those industries as possible.
So the areas we’re always going to be talking to them about are unfair competition, you know, their control of critical supply chains. There’s so many critical supply chains that we are reliant on, not just us, the world is overly reliant.
So I think what you’ll see as a result — two things, I think, are resulting today: There is some agreement they’re going to buy more of certain things, which is important, like American airplanes, American jet engines.
But I think the other thing that’s important for us is to keep up the work of reindustrializing America, bringing back to the United States those industries that are key to us. The Chinese are not going to like it, because they want to dominate those industries, but that’s what’s good for the American people.
The second point is just that engagement between the presidents of the respective countries is critically important, because they were able to talk about the Straits of Hormuz, we were able to talk about North Korea, we were able to talk about all these other parts of the world where China plays a role as well.
TOM LLAMAS:
So just to nail down some specifics here — we’re talking about purchasing Boeing airplanes, and there’s also been some reports about beef as well. Is there anything you can share?
SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO:
I think the details will be announced later today. I don’t want to get ahead of the actual announcement by the trade representative.
But there are going to be some agricultural purchases, which are important for our growers — and China needs those things. We hope in the future to expand it to energy purchases. You know, the United States is a net supplier of energy, and in the world, we’re one of the world’s, if not the world’s, largest energy suppliers at this point.
Obviously, when it comes to airplanes and engines, those are American factories and American workers that are making that, so anytime you can gain access to a market as large as this one, that’s a very positive thing. But there’s a lot of work yet to be done.
TOM LLAMAS:
The CEO of Nvidia is here with you guys who traveled with the president on Air Force One. Were AI chips discussed at all?
SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO:
In the context of the president’s conversation with President Xi?
TOM LLAMAS:
Yeah
SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO:
No, we didn’t get into the level of specificity. I mean, at the end of the day, the United States remains a dominant player in the space of AI and in the space of semiconductors and chips. That said, you know, the Chinese are investing billions and billions of dollars in their own industry, so that’s going to be an area of competition.
TOM LLAMAS:
Do you think AI chips should be sold to China?
SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO:
Well, I think — as you’ve seen — the president has announced that certain chips can be sold. Obviously, it’s up to the Chinese to accept it, but I think we always have to establish our area of dominance, in essence, the cutting edge, the things that give us an advantage.
It would be dumb for us to sell that to anyone, especially a country that could reverse engineer it and leapfrog it. So I think that’s understood maturely speaking. There are things the United States still has dominant position in, and from our national security perspective, we should keep that dominance. We want to keep that dominance. The Chinese are going to do their best to catch us and even surpass us. We shouldn’t make it easy for them the way we kind of did for 20 years, when we sort of had a different view of this relationship.
TOM LLAMAS:
I want to read you something from your counterpart, the foreign minister, has put out a statement which you may have seen, you may haven’t seen. I want to make sure you hear about it. He says, quote, Taiwan independence and cross-strait peace are as irreconcilable as fire and water. Safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is the biggest common denominator between China and the US. And again, the context of all this is that President Xi stressed to President Trump that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-US relations. Talk to me about that moment when that was discussed.
SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO:
Well they certainly feel that way. And they always raise that issue. And we understand they raise that issue. From our perspective, any forced change in the status quo and the situation that’s there now would be bad for both countries. One of the things the Chinese emphasize, which we agree, is strategic stability in our relationship, a constructive relationship, but also one that establishes strategic stability so that we don’t have misunderstandings that could lead to broader conflict. And so we always reiterate the point — we hear them when they say this, we always respond by saying anything that would compel or force a change in what we have now would be problematic and that we would certainly, our policies on that have not changed. It’s been pretty consistent across multiple presidential administrations and remains consistent now.
TOM LLAMAS:
Did President Xi request to President Trump not to sell weapons to Taiwan?
SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO:
Well, that topic may have been — has been discussed in the past. It did not feature primarily in today’s discussion. We know what their position on that is already. Remember, Congress plays a role in that, in that process as well, and we have sold them weapons in the past. That’s existed as recently as December, which they were very upset about. And that’s a decision the president gets to make as Congress appropriates, and as Congress decides what to do with those topics, we will respond accordingly.
TOM LLAMAS:
But nothing has changed in the way the U.S. views the relationship with Taiwan. It will defend Taiwan, as has been historically?
SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO:
Yeah, U.S. policy on the issue of Taiwan is unchanged as of today, and as of the meeting that we had here today, it was raised. They always raise it on their side. We always make clear our position, and we move on to the other topics. We know where they stand, and I think they know where we stand.
TOM LLAMAS:
Do you think China wants to invade Taiwan?
SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO:
Well, I think China’s preference is probably to have Taiwan willingly, voluntarily join them in a perfect world. What they would want is some vote or a referendum in Taiwan that agrees to fold in. I think that’s what they would prefer. Ultimately, it’s featured prominently in President Xi’s mandate. In the time he’s been in office, he’s made clear that what they call reunification, that’s what they call it, is something that has to happen at some point. We think it would be a terrible mistake to force that through force or anything of that nature. It would there would be repercussions for that globally, not just from the United States, and we kind of leave it there. That sort of ambiguity is what — I think has defined our charac — the way we characterize this issue. And the reason being strategic ambiguities. We don’t want to see conflict. We don’t want to see something disruptive happen, because I think it would be very disruptive for the world and for both countries.
TOM LLAMAS:
I know you’re watching China — do you think they’re ramping up their military
SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO:
Sure.
TOM LLAMAS:
to do something in Taiwan?
SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO:
david chou
david chou
The Beijing summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping produced something rarer than a breakthrough: a mutually useful ambiguity. Washington came away advertising deals. Beijing came away advertising a doctrine. Both sides claimed stability. But a close comparison of the two readouts shows they did not mean the same thing.
The White House framed the summit as a package of practical wins. Its fact sheet emphasized a “constructive relationship of strategic stability” based on “fairness and reciprocity,”-------
China’s readout did not reject the White House’s language of “strategic stability,” but rather claimed and elaborated on it. Both sides used the phrase “a constructive relationship of strategic stability,” but Beijing gave it a more expansive political content. In Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s telling, stability meant not only keeping communication open or reducing risk, but also keeping competition within “proper limits,” managing differences, respecting China’s “core interests,” recognizing each side’s development path, and grounding the relationship in the three U.S.-China joint communiqués.
That difference matters. For Washington, the summit was about making competition manageable enough to deliver economic and political dividends. For Beijing, it was about changing the vocabulary of the relationship. The United States emphasized transactions; China emphasized hierarchy, status, and rules of conduct. The same photo op served different objectives—precisely the asymmetry I flagged before the summit, when I argued that Trump was seeking visible deliverables ahead of the midterms while Xi was playing a longer game of strategic patience.
Changing the framework on Taiwan?
That phrase deserves scrutiny. In Washington, “strategic stability” often implies risk reduction between rival powers. In Beijing’s usage, it carries broader political content: the United States should respect China’s core interests, refrain from defining the relationship primarily as strategic competition, and manage disputes within limits acceptable to Beijing. Foreign Minister Wang’s explanation explicitly linked stability to the three joint communiqués, respect for each side’s system and development path, and China’s “core interests and major concerns.”
Taiwan is therefore not peripheral to China’s interpretation of the summit: it is central to it. In Beijing’s readout, Xi stated that Taiwan is the “most important issue” in U.S.-China relations and warned that mishandling it could lead to “clashes and even conflicts.” Wang later reinforced that point, stating that Taiwan was an important topic at the summit and that it affects the entire relationship. The White House fact sheet, by contrast, omitted Taiwan entirely. That omission may be diplomatically useful, but it also illustrates the gap between the two sides’ definitions of stability: Washington wants economic calm; Beijing wants political caution.
For allies and partners, the summit’s message is mixed. Reduced U.S.-China tension is welcome. A less volatile trade war, fewer supply shocks, and renewed leader-level contact are all better than unmanaged escalation. But the mechanism emerging from Beijing is bilateral, leader-centric, and transactional. Allies may be briefed afterward rather than conferred with beforehand. They may welcome stability while worrying that decisions affecting technology controls, Taiwan, supply chains, energy flows, and regional security are being negotiated over their heads.
The rest of the world should therefore resist easy interpretations. The summit was not a grand bargain in which Washington and Beijing agreed to govern the world together. Nor was it merely empty theater. It was more consequential than theater because it created a mechanism, a vocabulary, and a political rhythm for managing rivalry. It was less than a bargain because the core sources of rivalry remain untouched.
The summit’s meaning is thus not that U.S.-China competition is ending, but rather that both sides are experimenting with a new way to conduct it. Washington wants managed trade. Beijing wants managed competition. Trump wants visible wins. Xi wants time to strengthen his position and recognition. The rest of the world wants predictability but may get something more ambiguous: a great-power relationship stable enough to reduce immediate risk, yet flexible enough for both sides to keep contesting the rules.
That may be the real outcome of the Beijing summit. The United States and China did not bridge their differences. They agreed to manage them—and to call that management stability.
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China and the U.S. Agreed to ‘Strategic Stability’ in Beijing. They Don’t Define It the Same Way.
The Beijing summit did not resolve U.S.-China competition. Instead, it gave the rest of the world reason to worry about a new uncertainty: whether U.S.-China “strategic stability” will restrain rivalry, conceal it, or turn it into a bilateral bargain over their heads.
Zongyuan Zoe Liu CFR Expert
Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies
Published May 18, 2026 4:24 p.m.
[Zongyuan Zoe Liu is Maurice R. Greenberg senior fellow for China studies at the Council on Foreign Relations]
The Beijing summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping produced something rarer than a breakthrough: a mutually useful ambiguity. Washington came away advertising deals. Beijing came away advertising a doctrine. Both sides claimed stability. But a close comparison of the two readouts shows they did not mean the same thing.
The White House framed the summit as a package of practical wins. Its fact sheet emphasized a “constructive relationship of strategic stability” based on “fairness and reciprocity,” a fall visit by Xi to Washington, and understandings on Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and North Korea. It also packaged the summit’s commercial deliverables around rare earths and critical mineral supply chains concerns, Boeing aircraft purchases, agricultural purchases, beef market access, and poultry imports.
Most strikingly, it called the formation of the new U.S.-China Board of Trade and Board of Investment the “cornerstone” of the agreement—not the Boeing order or farm purchases, but the institutional mechanism through which future trade and investment disputes are supposed to be managed.
China’s readout did not reject the White House’s language of “strategic stability,” but rather claimed and elaborated on it. Both sides used the phrase “a constructive relationship of strategic stability,” but Beijing gave it a more expansive political content. In Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s telling, stability meant not only keeping communication open or reducing risk, but also keeping competition within “proper limits,” managing differences, respecting China’s “core interests,” recognizing each side’s development path, and grounding the relationship in the three U.S.-China joint communiqués.
That difference matters. For Washington, the summit was about making competition manageable enough to deliver economic and political dividends. For Beijing, it was about changing the vocabulary of the relationship. The United States emphasized transactions; China emphasized hierarchy, status, and rules of conduct. The same photo op served different objectives—precisely the asymmetry I flagged before the summit, when I argued that Trump was seeking visible deliverables ahead of the midterms while Xi was playing a longer game of strategic patience.
Boards of change
The boards are the clearest sign of what actually changed. They resemble earlier U.S.-China dialogue structures, including the Strategic and Economic Dialogue and the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, but appear narrower and more transactional. The old mechanisms aspired, however imperfectly, to manage a broad relationship that included macroeconomic coordination, market access, climate factors, financial reform, and strategic concerns. The new boards seem designed for a more modest purpose: to keep trade and investment disputes from becoming crises.
That is why the White House’s use of the word “cornerstone” is revealing. The administration did not call agricultural purchases or aircraft orders the foundation of the summit because those are politically useful but temporary. China may buy planes. It may purchase more soybeans, sorghum, wheat, beef, or poultry. But purchases can be delayed, reclassified, routed through commercial entities, or quietly revised. A standing mechanism is more valuable because it creates a repeatable bargaining table.
This does not mean the boards are meaningless. In a relationship as large, adversarial, and economically entangled as that of the United States and China, channels matter. Regular contact can reduce miscalculation, give firms some visibility, and create a place for both governments to register complaints before they escalate. But the boards also reveal the limits of the summit. They are not a strategic settlement. They are a management device.
The Board of Trade appears to be aimed at “non-sensitive goods,” a phrase that does a lot of work. It suggests that Washington and Beijing are carving out a space for bargaining over agriculture, energy, consumer goods, selected industrial goods, and other politically salient products while leaving the hardest questions—advanced semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), military technology, Taiwan, export controls, industrial overcapacity, and critical infrastructure—outside the room. Rare earths sit awkwardly between these categories: the White House fact sheet mentioned them explicitly as a supply-chain and critical-minerals concern, but China’s main diplomatic readout did not name them, folding the economic results into broader language about market access, reciprocal tariff reductions, and continued consultation.
The Board of Investment is even less defined. The White House describes it only as a government-to-government forum for investment-related issues, while China’s Commerce Ministry has characterized the broader trade and investment results as preliminary, with details still under negotiation.
A serious investment framework would need to answer basic questions that the readouts leave open: Which Chinese investments are welcome? Which are restricted? What counts as control? What counts as access to sensitive data or technology? How will greenfield investments be treated? How will state-linked capital, private equity, sovereign wealth funds, venture capital, and passive stakes be distinguished?
The Trump administration’s existing investment policy, laid out in its February 2025 “America First Investment Policy” memorandum, already draws a broad line: the United States will continue to welcome passive non-controlling foreign investment, but it also directs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and other tools to restrict Chinese government-affiliated investment in technology, critical infrastructure, health care, agriculture, energy, raw materials, farmland, and other strategic sectors. This policy is not a blanket ban on Chinese capital. It is a risk-based doctrine.
That is a doctrine in principle, but is not yet a settlement in practice. It says Chinese capital may be welcome when it is passive, non-controlling, and distant from national-security risk. It posits that Chinese capital is suspect when it touches strategic sectors, sensitive technology, infrastructure, data, food security, or coercive leverage. But because those categories are broad, the line will still be drawn deal by deal. The Board of Investment may become a clearinghouse for politically acceptable projects. It could also become a venue for Beijing to press Washington to loosen restrictions in exchange for purchases or other concessions.
No return to Chimerica
This is why the summit should not be mistaken for a return to engagement as usual. It is not the old Chimerica, in which Chinese production and American consumption were treated as mutually reinforcing pillars of globalization. Nor is it the Biden-era formulation of strategic competition with guardrails. It is something more transactional and potentially more unstable: managed rivalry through bilateral bargaining.
For Trump, that bargain has obvious appeal. It allows him to claim that pressure produced results: aircraft sales, agricultural purchases, restored market access, tariff discussions, and Chinese cooperation on selected global issues. The White House says China will purchase at least $17 billion in U.S. agricultural products annually in 2026, 2027, and 2028—in addition to earlier soybean commitments—and that China approved an initial purchase of two hundred Boeing aircraft. Reuters has noted, however, that China’s commerce ministry did not provide timelines, values, or volumes for many of the arrangements and described key outcomes as still pending finalization. This is an important reminder that the summit produced a framework for bargaining, not a fully specified settlement.
For Xi, the bargain is more strategic. Beijing can absorb some commercial concessions if the larger result is time, predictability, and recognition. Buying American goods is not the same as changing China’s industrial model. Restoring some market access is not the same as accepting U.S. demands on overcapacity, subsidies, technology policy, or state capitalism. In Chinese terms, the summit’s most important result was not the trade list. It was the U.S. president’s apparent acceptance—at least rhetorically—of a new framework of “strategic stability.”
Changing the framework on Taiwan?
That phrase deserves scrutiny. In Washington, “strategic stability” often implies risk reduction between rival powers. In Beijing’s usage, it carries broader political content: the United States should respect China’s core interests, refrain from defining the relationship primarily as strategic competition, and manage disputes within limits acceptable to Beijing. Foreign Minister Wang’s explanation explicitly linked stability to the three joint communiqués, respect for each side’s system and development path, and China’s “core interests and major concerns.”
Taiwan is therefore not peripheral to China’s interpretation of the summit: it is central to it. In Beijing’s readout, Xi stated that Taiwan is the “most important issue” in U.S.-China relations and warned that mishandling it could lead to “clashes and even conflicts.” Wang later reinforced that point, stating that Taiwan was an important topic at the summit and that it affects the entire relationship. The White House fact sheet, by contrast, omitted Taiwan entirely. That omission may be diplomatically useful, but it also illustrates the gap between the two sides’ definitions of stability: Washington wants economic calm; Beijing wants political caution.
This gap also explains why the summit looks like G-2 choreography but not G-2 architecture. Trump has repeatedly shown interest in great-power bargaining and Xi welcomes being treated as Washington’s principal counterpart. But Beijing does not necessarily want the responsibilities that would come with genuine co-management of global order. The Iran war is instructive. As I argued in Foreign Affairs, China fears American volatility more than American power: instability in the Middle East threatens China’s energy security, trade flows, and global growth prospects, but Beijing has limited appetite, experience, and capacity to replace the United States as a security provider.
That is the paradox of China’s preferred order. Beijing wants status without overextension, influence without alliance burdens, and stability without assuming the costs of enforcement. On Iran, the White House said both leaders agreed that Tehran cannot have a nuclear weapon and called for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. China’s statement was more cautious, emphasizing dialogue, a ceasefire, and its continued role in promoting peace talks. The difference is subtle but important: Washington wants China to help solve a crisis; Beijing wants to avoid being trapped inside one.
For allies and partners, the summit’s message is mixed. Reduced U.S.-China tension is welcome. A less volatile trade war, fewer supply shocks, and renewed leader-level contact are all better than unmanaged escalation. But the mechanism emerging from Beijing is bilateral, leader-centric, and transactional. Allies may be briefed afterward rather than conferred with beforehand. They may welcome stability while worrying that decisions affecting technology controls, Taiwan, supply chains, energy flows, and regional security are being negotiated over their heads.
The rest of the world should therefore resist easy interpretations. The summit was not a grand bargain in which Washington and Beijing agreed to govern the world together. Nor was it merely empty theater. It was more consequential than theater because it created a mechanism, a vocabulary, and a political rhythm for managing rivalry. It was less than a bargain because the core sources of rivalry remain untouched.
The summit’s meaning is thus not that U.S.-China competition is ending, but rather that both sides are experimenting with a new way to conduct it. Washington wants managed trade. Beijing wants managed competition. Trump wants visible wins. Xi wants time to strengthen his position and recognition. The rest of the world wants predictability but may get something more ambiguous: a great-power relationship stable enough to reduce immediate risk, yet flexible enough for both sides to keep contesting the rules.
That may be the real outcome of the Beijing summit. The United States and China did not bridge their differences. They agreed to manage them—and to call that management stability.
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