President Lai Ching-te rejected Beijing’s latest push to get the self-governing island to come under Chinese control under a system of autonomy it uses for Hong Kong and Macau.

President Donald Trump said he is reducing some tariffs on Chinese imports following a meeting in South Korea with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Chinese President Xi Jinping invited Prime Minister Mark Carney to visit China as the pair met on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea on Friday.

The Daines meeting in China eventually helped pave the way for a temporary detente between Washington and Beijing. The on-again, off-again trade war between the U.S. and China this year has been felt around the world. The trade in goods between the two countries was $582 billion in 2024.

The U.S. has deployed troops and anti-ship missiles into the northern Philippines as part of almost continuous, joint war drills throughout the country. One goal: to block the Bashi Channel and deny Chinese warships access to the Pacific Ocean if Beijing attacks Taiwan.

China’s promise to delay its newest restrictions on the export of the rare earths that are crucial to many high-tech products for one year as part of a trade agreement creates an opportunity for the U.

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trade truce avoids an open rupture in US China trade relations but analysts say it’s more of a de-escalation than progress.

Trump's long-awaited meeting with the Chinese president. A 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world's largest Pentecostal denomination. And, Hurricane Melissa's death toll rises as it causes more destruction in the Caribbean.

China’s leader agreed to delay restrictions on rare earth minerals for a year and buy more soybeans, Trump said after a meeting designed to calm trade tensions.

Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic administrations has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American firms to sell technology to Chinese police,