by Tony Fiddis | May 19, 2026 | News
“Watch the full Tony Fiddis YouTube video for the complete analysis.” China is facing a difficult mix of economic weakness at home, strategic uncertainty over Taiwan, and intensifying competition with the United States in artificial intelligence. Taken together, these...
by Tony Fiddis | May 16, 2026 | News
The latest round of high-level US-China diplomacy ended in Beijing with plenty of ceremony, warm language, and carefully managed optics. What it did not deliver was much in the way of decisive progress on the issues that actually matter most. That was the core story...
by Tony Fiddis | May 15, 2026 | News
The first day of the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing opened with polished ceremony, warm rhetoric, and the kind of carefully choreographed optics both Washington and Beijing know how to produce when they want to project control. State banquets, symbolic gestures, and talk...
by Tony Fiddis | May 14, 2026 | News
The Xi-Trump summit now underway in Beijing is one of those moments that matters even before any formal agreement is announced. The symbolism is obvious: a sitting U.S. president in Beijing for the first state visit of its kind in years, full ceremonial honours, a...