David Pierson
China Correspondent at The New York Times
Correspondent at the @nytimes covering the geopolitics of China. Previously at the @latimes. Hong Kong native. Mets fan. [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
business-standard.com | David Pierson |Berry Wang
If China's top leader, Xi Jinping, wrote a book titled "The Art of Dealing With Trump," it would most likely call for exploiting the American president's greatest weaknesses to exert maximal pressure, and then using the time gained to strengthen one's position. That appears to be the strategy Beijing has adopted since President Trump ramped up tariffs on Chinese goods in April in a bid to get China to import more American goods and export fewer of its own.
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2 weeks ago |
hoover.org | David Pierson |Ana Swanson
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3 weeks ago |
telegraphindia.com | Ana Swanson |David Pierson
President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that his call with Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, had lasted for around an hour and a half and had focused entirely on the trade relationship between the two nations, which has been souring in recent months amid a growing dispute over the export of critical minerals used in a wide array of industries Ana Swanson, David Pierson Published 06.06.25, 10:14 AM Donald Trump with Xi Jinping in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019.
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Ana Swanson |David Pierson
China and the United States agreed Thursday to hold more trade talks in hopes of breaking an impasse over tariffs and global supplies of rare earth minerals that has begun to threaten the global economy.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | David Pierson |Ana Swanson
President Trump spoke to China's top leader, Xi Jinping, on Thursday for the first time since taking office, according to Chinese state media, as a fragile détente in a trade war between the world's two largest economies shows signs of unraveling. The call was reported by Chinese state media in a brief dispatch late Thursday that did not immediately include details.
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RT @JosephTorigian: Shared some thoughts with @nytimes @dhpierson about Xi Jinping and the trade war https://t.co/U0xk7CMwYu https://t.co/…
Good explanation by @ryanl_hass on why Trump can’t just hash it out with Xi over the phone. Chinese diplomacy is painfully scripted. The last person in the world Xi is going to engage with without guardrails is Trump.
1/ Secretary Lutnick’s message is important for setting expectations. Chinese President Jiang Zemin sent a telegram of condolence to George W Bush on September 11, 2001, but beyond that, it is exceedingly rare for a PRC leader to initiate outreach to a US president. (🧵)
RT @JamesQueallyLAT: A lot has happened at the L.A. Times, some of it taking the focus away from our excellent journalism. If you want to…