by Tony Fiddis | Jun 5, 2026 | News
Friday brought a cluster of developments that, taken together, say a great deal about where China is trying to position itself politically, economically, and diplomatically. There is the confirmed trip by Xi Jinping to North Korea, which signals both strategic...
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...
by Tony Fiddis | May 12, 2026 | News
The most explosive development in U.S.-China news is not trade, tariffs, or summit choreography. It is the reported guilty plea of an elected American mayor on charges tied to acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government. That alone would be remarkable....
by Tony Fiddis | May 10, 2026 | News
It has been a heavy stretch in Chinese geopolitics, and the week ahead looks even heavier. Several major storylines are now converging at once: a possible Trump visit to Beijing, growing strain in the U.S.-China relationship, a deeply awkward Chinese tanker incident...
