T HE BIG noise in 2025 has been President Donald Trump. Launching a barrage of executive orders, he directed his fire at target after target. With the aid of Elon Musk, he attempted to dismantle the federal bureaucracy. On “Liberation Day” he rewrote the rules of trade. Around the world he imposed peace and threatened war.

"The most striking thing about Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are their completely different personal histories and formative experiences," writes Jane Perlez

Is Washington moving away from the formula that has governed the tenuous Taiwan Strait equilibrium for 50 years?

The Trump administration has approved the largest single package of weapons sales to Taiwan in U.S. history. Many of the systems mirror those the United States has supplied to Ukraine. The move is part of a broader U.

China promised to resume purchasing U.S. soybeans and curb the flow of fentanyl and its precursor chemicals to the U.S, and the U.S. also won a temporary reprieve from the latest rare earths restrictions.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump says that Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing would take no action toward its long-stated goal of unifying Taiwan with mainland China while the Republican leader is in office.

Donald Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia Corp. to sell advanced chips to China marks more than just a shift in US tech policy. It also raises questions about how far he’ll go to steady ties with Xi Jinping.

Why is he giving an adversary access to advanced AI semiconductors—and for what in return?

President Donald Trump is betraying Japan and other allies with his broad policy of appeasement towards Communist China.