The Aporia · Will Xi, Trump, Putin meet at Apec? First, they must agree on an agenda

Khushboo Razdan

30 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 Republican China hawks may try to challenge the influence of the US president and his Maga allies after election disaster In the weeks leading up to the midterm elections, US President Donald Trump displayed unwavering confidence in his star power, urging supporters to close their eyes and “pretend I’m on the ballot”.

2026-11-04 · speculative framing · Republicans face prospect of ‘civil war’ as Trump’s air of invincibility starts to fade

🔮 ‘I wasn’t on the ballot’: Trump deflects blame as Democrats on track to control Congress Democrats are projected to seize control of both chambers of Congress as the president says he will accept the election result “I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!

2026-11-04 · assertive framing · ‘I wasn’t on the ballot’: Trump deflects blame as Democrats on track to control Congress

🔮 The breakthrough came in New York, where Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the 2025 mayoral race gave the movement its biggest electoral triumph yet.

2026-11-04 · assertive framing · Frequently labelled as communists, who are the Democratic Socialists of America?

🔮 While strategic rivalry remains, changing tone between the two powers could help Beijing sell its version of China to the world The social media trend celebrates the features of Chinese life, from high-speed trains and indoor slippers to drinking hot water.

2026-10-30 · mixed framing · Is Donald Trump’s ‘Chinamaxxing’ pushing Beijing’s soft power?

🔮 SCMP has previously reported that Quad and Squad meetings were being planned on the sidelines of Asean events US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to the Philippines this week to meet regional allies, the Pentagon announced on Sunday.

2026-10-26 · mixed framing · Pentagon chief Hegseth to visit Philippines to meet US allies at Asean events

🔮 Will Xi, Trump, Putin meet at Apec?

2026-10-20 · mixed framing · Will Xi, Trump, Putin meet at Apec? First, they must agree on an agenda

🔮 So what, exactly, does it mean to “talk” when the two countries are still competing over the technologies that will shape the next decade?

2026-10-16 · assertive framing · A US scholar’s take on how shifts in US-China relations are felt in a Tsinghua classroom

🔮 Tokyo is hoping for a visit by the US president that would signal the strength of the relationship between the two allies The US president spent three days in Japan ahead of last year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, and his meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was hailed as a sign of a “new golden age” in the countries’ relationship. But since then Trump’s growing rapport with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping has caused concern in Japan, which has seen its own relationship with Beijing deteriorate sharply following controversial comments by Takaichi about Taiwan.

2026-10-16 · mixed framing · Why Japanese PM Takaichi is still keen to roll out the welcome mat for Trump

🔮 ExclusiveBessent may skip Apec in Hong Kong to focus on Trump’s Shenzhen visit, sources say US Treasury secretary expected to meet Chinese vice-premier in Shenzhen ahead of summit in November as trade truce extension takes priority 3-MIN READ3-MIN 2 Listen US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent may skip a meeting of Apec finance ministers in Hong Kong later this month to focus on preparing for President Donald Trump’s historic visit to Shenzhen in November, sources told the South China Morning Post.

2026-10-09 · assertive framing · Bessent may skip Apec in Hong Kong to focus on Trump’s Shenzhen visit, sources say

🔮 US judge blocks release of alleged Beijing agent accused of filming Taiwan leader’s son Defence had argued the case was based on a ‘single day’ of surveillance and wasn’t proof she would flee, but a federal judge disagreed They argued that the US government’s case centred on a single day of alleged surveillance in Seattle and was not evidence that she posed a flight risk. US Magistrate Judge Steve Kim sided with prosecutors, who told him that Zhang’s parents and siblings lived in China and that her brother had a history of working with the Chinese government. “The alleged surveillance began and ended on a single day, September 1, 2025,” Zhang’s lawyers wrote in a brief opposing her continued detention.

2026-10-08 · assertive framing · US judge blocks release of alleged Beijing agent accused of filming Taiwan leader’s son

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Dewey Sim

17 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 With Democrats set to take over Congress in January, they will have the power to block Trump’s agenda and investigate his administration.

2026-11-04 · assertive framing · US midterm takeaways: Trump’s blame game, Elon’s space lasers and the rest of the world

🔮 US midterms will not upend broader China strategy, but ‘blue tsunami’ could shift Washington’s tactics, Zhao Minghao says

2026-11-04 · mixed framing · Democratic-led US Congress to turn up heat on Beijing over AI, Taiwan: analyst

🔮 ExclusiveAustralian PM to visit Beijing after China-hosted Apec summit as tensions simmer Despite efforts to stabilise relations, Canberra’s ties with Beijing continue to be tested by a range of issues 2-MIN READ2-MIN Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to travel to Beijing next month as Canberra seeks to deepen a relationship which stabilised after years of trade disputes but has been recently complicated by geopolitical tensions. Sources told the South China Morning Post that Albanese would first attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) leaders’ summit in Shenzhen, which runs from November 18 to 19, before travelling to the Chinese capital.

2026-10-30 · assertive framing · Australian PM to visit Beijing after China-hosted Apec summit as tensions simmer

🔮 Will Xi, Trump, Putin meet at Apec?

2026-10-20 · mixed framing · Will Xi, Trump, Putin meet at Apec? First, they must agree on an agenda

2026-10-16 · mixed framing · Why Japanese PM Takaichi is still keen to roll out the welcome mat for Trump

🔮 Beijing is “willing to continue” fast-tracking licenses for rare earth mineral exports to Europe, while the sides will continue negotiations on reducing tariffs and creating minimum price deals that would allow Chinese electric vehicles to enter the EU market at a lower duty rate, according to the statement.

2026-10-09 · assertive framing · China and EU reach ‘understanding’ on hybrid vehicles after crunch trade talks

🔮 ExclusiveGerman President Steinmeier targets China trip as Berlin sharpens trade stance Trip coincides with Merz’s Asia tour as Berlin and Paris advocate new EU mechanism to exclude rule-breaking trade partners It will mark the first official visit to China since 2018 for Steinmeier, a former foreign minister whose decade-long tenure as president ends in March 2027.

2026-10-08 · assertive framing · German President Steinmeier targets China trip as Berlin sharpens trade stance

🔮 Trump may also be accompanied by his wife, Melania, who has not travelled to Asia with her husband since 2020, sources say If the trip happens, Trump’s appearance at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting, expected to run from November 16-18 in Manila, will be his second consecutive appearance at the gathering during this term.

2026-10-02 · mixed framing · Donald Trump is planning trip to the Philippines for Asean summit

🔮 Scott Kennedy on China’s ‘slow tech dragon’ and 2 more Xi-Trump meetings American adviser on Chinese business and economics highlights different phases of US-China relations over the past 50 years How would you characterise the outcomes of the China-US summit compared to expectations going in?

2026-09-27 · assertive framing · Scott Kennedy on China’s ‘slow tech dragon’ and 2 more Xi-Trump meetings

🔮 ExclusiveUS weighs delaying Taiwan arms sales until after Apec and G20 summits Sources say the decision is expected to be a compromise between Donald Trump, Washington’s China hawks and Taipei’s lobbyists One source said Trump was considering various options to postpone the signing of Taiwan arms sales, but the final outcome would be a “compromise between him, the China hawks and Taiwan’s lobbyists”. “President Trump has considered delaying the [Taiwan] arms sales decision till end 2028 or January 2029, that is, towards the end of his current term.

2026-09-19 · assertive framing · US weighs delaying Taiwan arms sales until after Apec and G20 summits

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