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2026-11-04 · South China Morning Post · Politics

‘I wasn’t on the ballot’: Trump deflects blame as Democrats on track to control Congress

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2026-10-11 · South China Morning Post · Politics

Trump’s new spokeswoman is a ‘devoted fan’ who lived in Beijing and speaks Chinese

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2026-10-08 · South China Morning Post · Politics

The ‘G2’ illusion? After Xi-Trump summit, China wants equality while the US seeks deals

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2026-09-23 · South China Morning Post · Politics

China hawks grumble over Trump’s lavish welcome planned for Xi state visit

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2026-09-19 · South China Morning Post · Politics

Trump, Melania to host Xi and Peng for White House ‘double date’: full schedule

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2026-09-17 · South China Morning Post · Politics

China, US may unveil measures to boost military ties when Xi visits Washington

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2026-08-26 · South China Morning Post

🔮 According to the agent, who declined to be named because they were not authorised to speak to the media, multiple clients scheduled for interviews later this week were notified via email that their appointments had been cancelled and would be rescheduled at a later date. assertive

2026-09-14 · South China Morning Post

🔮 Advertisement Brics leaders act to hedge – not revolt – against US dollar dominance As New Delhi summit closes, the bloc pushes for a louder voice within global institutions while building parallel machinery, analysts say 4-MIN READ4-MIN Listen The family photograph did the political work the summit’s final declaration could not. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood shoulder to shoulder as the Brics summit closed in New Delhi on Sunday – a single frame capturing an 11-nation bloc that now spans four continents and nearly half the world’s population. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres attended the gathering of emerging economies alongside World Trade Organization Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, New Development Bank president Dilma Rousseff and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank president Zou Jiayi. Select Voice Select Speed 1x AI-generated voice speculative

2026-09-15 · South China Morning Post

🔮 He wrote that the US Department of Homeland Security had built the case “almost entirely on a small handful of anecdotes, each of which involved incidents that the new rule would do nothing to prevent or even mitigate”. assertive

2026-09-17 · South China Morning Post

🔮 ExclusiveChina, US may unveil measures to boost military ties when Xi visits Washington Two sides have been discussing ways to improve communication channels, according to sources familiar with the talks Another item that is being discussed, and a possible deliverable, is restarting the arms-control talks that were suspended in 2024 over US weapons sales to Taiwan, with the dialogue potentially including military personnel. mixed

2026-09-19 · South China Morning Post

🔮 Officials outline a two-couple White House visit and confirm AI and the Busan trade talks are on the agenda Donald Trump and Melania Trump will host Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan together across two days in Washington next week: a White House welcome, a state dinner at which both presidents speak, a private tea, and a tour of the United States’ founding documents. assertive

2026-09-19 · South China Morning Post

🔮 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. assertive

2026-09-24 · South China Morning Post

🔮 When the presidents of the United States and China meet in Washington, the world will be watching to see whether their two countries can make good on their agreement to work towards “constructive strategic stability”. assertive

2026-09-28 · South China Morning Post

🔮 “He actually asked President Xi, would he like to buy some at one point,” the ambassador David Perdue said on Fox News after Xi’s state visit to the White House last week. assertive

2026-09-28 · South China Morning Post

🔮 “He actually asked President Xi, would he like to buy some at one point,” the ambassador David Perdue said on Fox News after Xi’s state visit to the White House last week. assertive

2026-10-02 · South China Morning Post

🔮 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. mixed

2026-10-05 · South China Morning Post

🔮 Days after Xi-Trump summit, top Taiwan diplomat opens de facto consulate in US No Washington stop planned during the three-day visit to Arizona’s semiconductor corridor, sources said Lin Chia-lung, Taiwan’s foreign minister, arrived in Phoenix late on Saturday for a three-day visit that highlights the deepening economic ties between Washington and Taipei. His visit will not include stops in Washington or meetings with anyone at the State Department, according to two sources familiar with the matter. A trip to Washington just days after Xi’s visit could have risked a blow-up with Beijing, which used the summit to press the US to harden its line on Taiwan. speculative

2026-10-08 · South China Morning Post

🔮 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. assertive

2026-10-09 · South China Morning Post

🔮 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. assertive

2026-10-16 · South China Morning Post

🔮 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. mixed

2026-10-16 · South China Morning Post

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

2026-10-20 · South China Morning Post

🔮 Will Xi, Trump, Putin meet at Apec? mixed

2026-10-26 · South China Morning Post

🔮 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. mixed

2026-10-30 · South China Morning Post

🔮 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. mixed

2026-11-04 · South China Morning Post

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

2026-11-04 · South China Morning Post

🔮 ‘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! assertive

2026-11-04 · South China Morning Post

🔮 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”. speculative