China - Taiwan

Wed, Sept 9, 2026:

• Chinese Ship Takes Arctic Shortcut: Smart Business? Or a Political Flex?

  Melting ice is opening a trade route through the Arctic. China has begun the first regular service, part of its polar ambitions. - NYT

Mon, Sept 7, 2026:

• China’s 25% export surge sets stage for record annual trade surplus - FT

Sun, Sept 6, 2026:

• How a Blacklisted Chinese Tech Giant Kept Buying America’s Best A.I. Chips

  Washington imposed sanctions on Inspur because of its work with the Chinese military. But the company’s subsidiary kept shipping Nvidia’s best chips to feed China’s leading A.I. firms. - NYT

• With US Tied Down in MidEast: China is putting unprecedented pressure on Taiwan, using maritime patrols on its Pacific coast that could effectively choke off the island from allies. - Bloomberg

Wed, Sept 2, 2026:

• China’s Xi urges new Middle East security framework during Egypt visit - Reuters

Mon, Aug 31, 2026:

• Summit With Russia, India and Iran Shows Leverage Wars Have Given Xi of China. A two-day conference of the 10-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Kyrgyzstan shows the limits of U.S. economic warfare. - NYT

Sun, Aug 16, 2026:

• As China Pushes to Expand in Asia, Trump Focuses on Iran

  Asian allies are beginning to wonder whether the United States would or could defend them in a war. - NYT

Tues, July 28, 2026:

• US looks to boost anti-China spending worldwide by hundreds of millions, documents say - AP

Thurs, May 14, 2026:

• 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. - NYT

• Trump Was Flattering, Xi Was Resolute. The Difference Spoke Volumes. -NYT

• China’s leader made clear his top priority is the fate of the contested island and its U.S. military support, a striking move given President Donald Trump’s effort to mend ties and deliver trade deals. - WP

Tues, Feb 24, 2026:

• The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored

  If China invades Taiwan and cuts off its chip exports to American companies, the tech industry and the U.S. economy would be crippled. - NYT

Fri, Feb 6, 2026:

• The world is a more dangerous place as New START expires and China’s nuclear arsenal grows. - WP / Zakaria

Fri, Jan 23, 2026:

• China Built a Vast Oil Stake in Venezuela. - WSJ

Thurs, Jan 22, 2026:

• An Untethered Trump Is Expanding Xi’s Sphere of Influence. By hollowing out the rules-based order, the US president is pushing middle powers to hedge, and giving Beijing an opening it didn’t have before. - Bloomberg

• China Wins as Trump Cedes Leadership of the Global Economy. The president used a keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland to renounce the last vestiges of the liberal democratic order. - NYT

Mon, Jan 5, 2026:

• Trump revives an old vision of American power, with global implications. Trump’s moves to assert U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere and pull back from Europe could embolden Russia and China. - WP

Thurs, Dec 18, 2025:

• US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, angering China - AP

Mon, Sept 29, 2025:

• Military leaders have raised serious concerns with the Trump administration’s forthcoming defense strategy, exposing a divide between the Pentagon’s political and uniformed leadership as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summons top brass to a highly unusual summit in Virginia on Tuesday, according to eight current and former officials. The critiques from multiple top officers, including Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, come as Hegseth reorders U.S. military priorities — centering the Pentagon on perceived threats to the homeland, narrowing U.S. competition with China, and downplaying America’s role in Europe and Africa. - WP

Wed, Feb 19, 2025:

• President Donald Trump and his appointed officials are helping Moscow’s and Beijing’s explicit intentions to replace the U.S.-led international order. If they are successful, China will emerge as the globe’s dominant superpower. - WP/Emanuel

Feb 13, 2025:

• China’s stunning new campaign to turn the world against Taiwan - Economist