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Last Updated:May 21, 2026, 6:31 PM IST But US President Donald Trump has once again signalled that he may be willing to upend that long-standing precedent. For decades, American presidents have largely maintained strategic ambiguity on Taiwan in order to balance support for Taipei without provoking Beijing. (Source: AFP file) For nearly half a century,…
US President Donald Trump’s warning against any push for Taiwanese independence has triggered a sharp response from Taipei, putting the sensitive Taiwan issue back in the spotlight after his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Hours after Trump said the US was “not looking to have somebody go independent”, Taiwan hit back by declaring that…
Last Updated:May 16, 2026, 4:48 PM IST This came after US President Donald Trump warned Taiwan against declaring formal independence following his high-profile meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Chinese President Xi Jinping looks at US President Donald Trump as they attend a state banquet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (AFP…
31 minutes ago copy link US President Donald Trump has said that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second-highest leader of ISIS, has been killed in a joint military operation by the US and Nigeria. Trump said he was hiding in Africa. Trump said in a social media post that on his instructions, American and Nigerian forces carried…
President Donald Trump said Thursday that China had agreed to purchase 200 Boeing jets, speaking of an order for “200 big ones” in a broadcast interview. “It was sort of like a statement but I think it was a commitment,” Trump said, describing his conversation with President Xi Jinping in a Fox News interview. “That’s…
The Federal Court of New York has convicted American citizen Lu Jianwang of allegedly running a secret police station on behalf of the Chinese government. This station was operating in the Chinatown area of Manhattan. Lu Jianwang, 64, also known as Harry Lu, was working for China’s Ministry of Public Security, according to prosecutors. The…
Washington: When the leaders of the globe’s two economic powerhouses meet, they are set to tackle a loaded agenda, from US arms transfers to Taiwan, Beijing’s rare earth export restrictions, the situation in Iran, to the state of bilateral trade relations. Here are the top points to know ahead of the Trump-Xi summit US President…
As Donald Trump prepares for talks with Xi Jinping between May 13 and May 15, the most important contrast may not be between the United States and China themselves, but between two fundamentally different styles of leadership, decision-making, and strategic time horizons. Trump approaches geopolitics tactically, transactionally, and reactively. His diplomacy is summit-driven and media-centered,…
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that the United States would resume testing of nuclear weapons, ending a 33-year moratorium in place since 1992. The announcement, coming just before a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinpingstunned the world and signalled a major departure from decades of American restraint. The decision has reignited fears about an…
US President Donald Trump stated that many decisions were made during his meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping. Source link [ad_3]