Taiwan's president on Sunday stressed that arms purchases from the United States are "the most important deterrent" of regional conflict and instability, after President Donald Trump called into question continued U.S. support of Taiwan following his visit to China.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Sunday that President Trump is considering using arms sales to Taiwan as part of broader U.S.-China negotiations, noting recent past presidents also paused sales.
President Trump's visit to Beijing was a strategic diplomatic engagement that advanced his top priority of correcting a decades-old economic imbalance that "hollowed out" crucial American industries, U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue said Sunday.
President Donald Trump returned from the spectacle of a Chinese state visit to a less than welcoming U.S. economy - with the military band and garden tour in Beijing giving way to pressure over how to fix America's escalating inflation rate.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing next week, the Kremlin said Saturday.
President Trump says he did not press Chinese President Xi Jinping to help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil-traffic waterway that Iran blockaded to gain leverage in the Middle East conflict.
President Trump wrapped up his historic visit to Beijing on Friday, saying he's made important progress to stabilize U.S.-China relations, which only a few years ago were at the lowest level in decades.
President Trump is declining to reveal whether the U.S. would defend Taiwan if China invaded the democratic island.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Chinese warnings of a conflict over Taiwan during the summit in Beijing have not altered the U.S. policy of supporting the island democracy.
Expectations were high when President Trump visited Beijing to meet with Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping.
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned President Trump on Thursday that any mishandling of Taiwan could lead to "clashes and even conflicts," adding friction to the two-day summit and complicating Mr. Trump's efforts to secure trade deals with the world's second-largest economy.
Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Trump on Thursday he wants to see the Strait of Hormuz reopen without tolls or military control as tensions reignited within the Middle East chokepoint that carries a fifth of the world's oil supply.
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the need for cooperation among the world's two superpowers as they seek to stabilize a trade agreement and find common ground amid uncertainty over the Iran conflict.
President Trump is expected to raise security concerns regarding China's large-scale nuclear expansion during meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, according to senior Trump administration officials.
China's Alibaba said that growth accelerated for both its artificial intelligence and cloud businesses in the latest quarter, driven by the AI boom, even though overall revenue rose just 3% to to 243 billion yuan ($36 billion).
A burst of gunfire rang out Wednesday night in the Philippine Senate, where authorities have tried to arrest a senator who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for a charge of crime against humanity, an Associated Press journalist and other witnesses said.
President Trump arrived Wednesday morning in Beijing for two days of high-stakes meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said Wednesday Seoul may offer support for the U.S.-led effort to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz after a South Korean vessel came under fire in the waterway last week.
President Trump's proposed Golden Dome missile shield could cost $1.2 trillion over 20 years, including a massive up-front cost to deploy the cutting-edge space-based missile interceptors widely seen as crucial to the project's success, according to a new report released this week.
President Trump's summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week will be long on ceremony but short on deliverables, with potential risks for American security, analysts predict.
