U.S. President Donald Trump said he didn’t discuss approving sales of Nvidia’s top-of-the-line Blackwell chips to China in talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/31/tech/trump-xi-nvidia-blackwell-chip/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #us #china #donaldtrump #xijinping #nvidia #chipmakers
The one-year truce struck between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is likely to only stabilize relations between the world’s two largest economies rather than resolve fundamental differences. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/politics/trump-xi-truce-buy-time/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uschinarelations #trade #donaldtrump #xijinping
A 19th-century showdown between China and the West began, much as today’s did, with mounting Western anger over a huge Chinese trade surplus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/asia-pacific/politics/19th-century-opium-war-xi-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #uk #opium #drugs #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will seek a truce in their trade war on Thursday, with the U.S. president predicting a "great meeting" but Beijing being more circumspect. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/world/politics/trump-xi-trade-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #china #xijinping #southkorea #apec
U.S. President Donald Trump landed in South Korea on Wednesday for the last leg of his Asia trip, optimistic about a trade-war truce with China after summit talks with South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/asia-pacific/politics/trump-south-korea-trade-missiles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #apec #southkorea #northkorea #missiles #leejaemyung #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #taiwan #china #xijinping
It is tempting — but wrong — to view the two nations as a single security threat to Europe and NATO. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/27/world/china-and-russias-threat-to-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #russia #us #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #xijinping #defense
China's state media has publicized a recent flying of Chinese bombers near Taiwan for "confrontation drills" ahead of an expected meeting between the U.S. and Chinese presidents in South Korea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/asia-pacific/politics/china-bombers-taiwan-xi-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #taiwan #pla #donaldtrump #xijinping #trade #tariffs #uschinarelations #bombers
U.S. President Donald Trump will test his deal-making capabilities on a trip to Asia, a region battered by his hardball trade policies, while doubts hang over his highly anticipated meeting with China's Xi Jinping. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/asia-pacific/politics/trump-asia-trip-xi-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #donaldtrump #us #china #xijinping #uschinarelations #trade #tariffs #taiwan #globaleconomy
U.S. President Donald Trump is aiming for a quick win in a pivotal meeting on Thursday with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, even if the outcome falls short of a sweeping deal he’s teased. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/world/politics/trump-xi-trade-deals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #china #us #xijinping #donaldtrump #uschinarelations #trade
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, the White House said, confirming the meeting that had been called into question following worsening trade tensions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/world/politics/trump-xi-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #china #uschinarelations #donaldtrump #xijinping
The U.S. and China are scrambling to salvage a planned summit of their leaders, now just a week away, while trading blame for a spike in tensions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/world/politics/xi-trump-summit-beijing-tension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #republicans #xijinping #china #tech #rareearths #computers #semiconductors #ai #trade
Six months into U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war, the resilience of Chinese exports is proving just how essential many of its products remain even after U.S. levies of 55%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/22/economy/china-billion-us-exports-xi-power/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
China’s factories kept the country on track to reach this year’s growth target, powered by an export boom that’s papering over vulnerabilities as leaders meet to chart the nation’s next half-decade. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/21/economy/china-growth-five-year-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #xijinping #economy #economicindicators
China's announcement of new rules clamping down on the flow of rare earths used in everything from computer chips to cars to missiles takes a leaf from the U.S. playbook on technology controls. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/world/politics/china-rare-earth-restrictions-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #rareearths #xijinping #china #exports #tech #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
In China, two great questions hang over its future, even if no one dares raise them: How long will Xi Jinping rule, and who will replace him when he is gone? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/asia-pacific/politics/china-forbidden-who-after-xi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #xijinping #taiwan #asia
U.K. prosecutors dropped a case against two men accused of spying for the Beijing, heaping pressure on Keir Starmer amid claims he should have done more. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/19/world/politics/starmer-china-xi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uk #keirstarmer #china #xijinping
China's ruling Communist Party will on Monday kick off four days of key closed-door discussions, formulating core economic strategy for coming years as growth flags and trade headwinds mount. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/18/asia-pacific/politics/china-leaders-strategic-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #xijinping
Nearly 75% of Vietnamese respondents prefer the United States to China as a partner, but the share favoring China is rising faster than anywhere else in Southeast Asia, bucking the regional trend. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/asia-pacific/politics/vietnam-china-view-shift/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #vietnam #trade #xijinping
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s latest tit-for-tat showdown puts the world economy at risk again. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/14/economy/trump-xi-standoff-world-economy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #xijinping #china #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
Japanese diplomacy has landed in a precarious position following the exit of Komeito from the LDP-led ruling bloc, as a spate of summits and meetings scheduled for the end of this month fast approach. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/13/japan/politics/japan-prime-minister-diplomacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #us #china #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #leejaemyung #xijinping #asean #apec