The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly | Energy

“Farewell,” the flag-waving Chinese children chanted to Donald Trump as he strolled along the red carpet back to Air Force One at the end of his summit with Xi Jinping in Beijing.... Read more »

Behind the Banquet, Beyond the Hashtags: The 2026 Trump–Xi Summit on Chinese Social Media

On Chinese social media, Trump’s visit to China started before he arrived and continued after he left. The long-awaited meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, from May 13 to May 15,... Read more »

Men in the mirror: Trump and Xi’s suits put ‘chameleon effect’ to test in Beijing | Donald Trump

When Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met for a welcome ceremony in Tiananmen Square this week with the world’s gaze on them, they mirrored one another in strikingly similar suits. Both were... Read more »

Trump leaves China without breakthroughs on Iran, Taiwan or AI | China

Donald Trump left China on Friday after a much-hyped summit of the world’s two major powers that was rich in pageantry and promises of stability, but offered little by way of tangible... Read more »

Fake lawyers, scientists, chefs and punters: meet the ‘white monkeys’ paid to make Chinese businesses look global | Life and style

Piers had been in China for all of two days in 2009 when he was used as a “white monkey” for the first time. He had travelled to a village in Suzhou,... Read more »

Pomp, pageantry but precious little to show for Trump’s Beijing excursion | Donald Trump

It was historic, to be sure, but not as anyone had predicted. First there was Donald Trump, a self-declared teetotaler, apparently drinking champagne after Xi Jinping assured him that China’s “great rejuvenation”... Read more »

UK drivers struggle to get insurance for Chinese EVs such as Jaecoo | Car insurance

UK insurers are more hesitant to cover some hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs) from China than cars from other countries, research suggests. While some drivers can save money by buying cars made... Read more »

Trump’s lack of focus on human rights in China is big departure for US diplomacy | China

Asked before he departed for Beijing if he would raise with the Chinese president the case of Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy activist jailed in Hong Kong, Donald Trump said: “I’ll bring him... Read more »

What was actually achieved at Trump and Xi’s ‘stalemate summit’ in Beijing? | US foreign policy

Donald Trump’s whirlwind trip to Beijing – the first US presidential visit in nearly a decade – wrapped up with much fanfare but little clarity about what was actually achieved. Trump said... Read more »

Foreign Press Corps in China Continues to Erode Amid Tension and Suspicion

At The Wall Street Journal last week, departing China correspondent Yoko Kubota described her experiences as “a Japanese person who worked for an American newspaper” in a climate of rising nationalist sentiment... Read more »