Trump says he is going to Turkey, China this year
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he will go to Turkey and make another trip to China at some point in 2026.
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May 18, 2026 Taiwan reaffirms its sovereignty amid “escalating military threat”
By Martin Banks Taiwan has hit out at what it calls an “escalating military threat” posed by its neighbour China.
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WORLD
May 15, 2026 Trump warns Taiwan against declaring independence, hours after summit with China’s Xi
Donald Trump has cautioned Taiwan against formally declaring independence from China. “I’m not looking to have somebody go independent,” the US president told Fox News on Friday, at the end of his two-day summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing. Trump earlier said he had “made no commitment either way” about the self-governing […]
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May 6, 2026 China calls for Strait to be reopened ‘as soon as possible’ in Iran talks
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has called for the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened “as soon as possible” in talks with his Iranian counterpart. The pair met in Beijing on Wednesday on what is Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi’s first trip to China since the Iran war began. Wang Yi also told Araqchi that […]
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March 26, 2026 Trump confirms May meeting with Xi Jinping as Iran war forces postponement
US president Donald Trump says he will meet Chinese president Xi Jinping in China on 14-15 May, after delaying the landmark trip amid the US-Israel war with Iran. This would be the first visit to China by a US president in nearly 10 years. Trump is also set to host Xi in Washington DC later […]
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WORLD
March 10, 2026 Why is China set to approve a new law promoting ‘ethnic unity’?
For decades the Chinese government has been accused of implementing repressive policies designed to subjugate ethnic minorities, forcing them to assimilate into the dominant Han culture.
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EUROPE
March 10, 2026 Europe shouldn’t fear trade war with China, EU agency says
The European Union Institute for Security Studies has said the bloc should adopt an “escalate to de-escalate” strategy toward China, recommending faster deployment of the bloc’s so-called “trade bazooka”.
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GEOPOLITICS
February 27, 2026 Like a horse, Belgium-China relations “are strong”
By Martin Banks China’s ambassador to Belgium has conceded that his country’s economy has faced “challenges.”
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WORLD
February 5, 2026 US must be prudent when supplying arms to Taiwan, Xi tells Trump
China’s leader Xi Jinping called Taiwan “the most important issue” in China-US relations during a phone call with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
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January 29, 2026 China executes 11 members of Myanmar scam mafia
China has executed 11 members of a notorious mafia family that ran scam centres in Myanmar along its north-eastern border, state media report.
