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1 week ago | scmp.com | Kawala Xie |Lawrence Chung

Donald Trump’s shake-up of the US National Security Council may be a sign he is increasingly relying on his instinct over expert advice, potentially increasing the unpredictability in Washington’s approach to China, diplomatic observers have said. The shake-up could also be “bad news” for Taiwan, which may find it harder to speak to key people in the White House, they added.

3 weeks ago | thestar.com.my | Dewey Sim |Kawala Xie

President Xi Jinping has called for countries to stand together to promote global peace and stability, stressing that “there were no winners in tariff wars”, in a veiled reference to the US. In his first public remarks since US-China trade talks at the weekend, Xi told leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean that “bullying or hegemonism only leads to self-isolation”.

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Dewey Sim |Kawala Xie

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for countries to stand together to promote global peace and stability, stressing that “there were no winners in tariff wars”, in a veiled reference to the US. In his first public remarks since US-China trade talks at the weekend, Xi told leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean that “bullying or hegemonism only leads to self-isolation”. Xi was speaking at the opening of the fourth ministerial meeting of the China-Celac forum in Beijing on Tuesday.

2 months ago | scmp.com | Kawala Xie |William Zheng

China risks further measures from the United States unless it treats a deal by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison to sell its Panama Canal ports to an American firm as a “private transaction”, a former US senior diplomat has told the Post. In an exclusive interview, Daniel Kritenbrink, former US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, said that if Beijing tried to intervene in the deal, it risked “further complicating” US-China relations.

Jan 23, 2025 | scmp.com | Khushboo Razdan |Kawala Xie

In his first speech at the World Economic Forum of his second term, US President Donald Trump voiced optimism about Sino-American relations while warning of tariffs on companies that do not manufacture stateside. Addressing the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, via video from the White House, Trump described a “very good” relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying the two countries needed only to make their relationship “fair”, not “phenomenal”.