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Trump–Xi call boosts Chinese president’s tough man image — and may have handed him the upper hand in future talks

On June 5, U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. It marked the first direct conversation between the two leaders since Trump began his second term — and the first since tensions sharply escalated in 2025’s U.S.-China trade war.

The Conversation

China’s carmakers are resorting to tricks to inflate their vehicle sales and Beijing has had enough

Beijing warned the practice of selling new cars with zero miles at a sharp discount in the used car market is just the latest example of the auto industry's race to the bottom.

Fortune

Filipino forces and villagers struggle to live in China's shadow in disputed waters

Filipino forces and villagers have been struggling to live in Beijing's shadow in the disputed South China while fighting isolation on remote islands

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Asian shares rally ahead of US-China trade talks

Asian stock markets have advanced ahead of the second round of trade talks between Washington and Beijing, following a solid report on the U.S. job market

The Independent UK

Chinese hackers and user lapses turn smartphones into a 'mobile security crisis'

Hackers tied to China's government have tried repeatedly to access the phones of prominent Americans, part of Beijing's sprawling cyberespionage efforts

The Independent UK

U.S., Chinese officials to meet in London next week for new round of trade talks

Senior U.S. administration officials will meet with a Chinese delegation on Monday in London for the next round of trade negotiations between Washington and Beijing, President Donald Trump said Friday

The Independent UK

China's Panchen Lama pledges loyalty to the Communist Party in a meeting with Xi

State media in China says that the man picked by Beijing as the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism has pledged adherence to the ruling Communist Party during a rare face-to-face meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping

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Beijing builds toward ‘regional propaganda monopoly’ after Trump administration guts U.S.-backed Asian news services

Winning the information war by forfeit.

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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong charged under Beijing-imposed security law for second time

Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has been charged with conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that critics say has crushed Hong Kong's once-thriving pro-democracy movement

The Independent UK

US declines to label China a currency manipulator, but blasts its transparency policies

The U.S. declined to label China a currency manipulator in a new Treasury report, but accuses Beijing of standing out among America’s major trading partners for lacking transparency

The Independent UK

Beijing warns the EU to stop ‘provoking trouble’ in the South China Sea

The warning from China’s embassy in the Philippines follows criticism from a top EU official about Beijing’s conduct.

Al Jazeera

Value of Stormont Executive’s office in Beijing questioned

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Evening Standard

Markets shrug off doubled U.S. steel tariffs and Trump complaints of Xi being 'hard to make a deal with'

“I like President Xi of China...but he is very tough, and extremely hard to make a deal with!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Fortune

Voices: Tiananmen massacre: It’s time to wake up and stand up to the butchers of Beijing

COMMENT: On the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Benedict Rogers says that the question is not whether China has changed – it hasn’t – but whether the free world has the courage to wake up and act on its morals

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Trump is ‘obsessed’ about having a call with China’s Xi this week to hammer out trade deal, insiders reveal

A person familiar with the matter reportedly said the administration is “under a lot of pressure” following China’s critical minerals blockade

Fortune

Trump isn’t Beijing’s only trade headache, as the EU targets Chinese medical devices

Chinese companies are now blocked from bidding for public procurement tenders for medical devices for contracts valued over $5.7 million.

The Conversation

Robots run out of energy long before they run out of work to do − feeding them could change that

Earlier this year, a robot completed a half-marathon in Beijing in just under 2 hours and 40 minutes. That’s slower than the human winner, who clocked in at just over an hour – but it’s still a remarkable feat. Many recreational runners would be proud of that time. The robot…

The Independent UK

Australia demands China explain ‘biggest military build-up since Second World War’

Defence minister says recent Chinese military drill near Australia was ‘disruptive’ but ultimately ‘in accordance with international law’

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Stock markets dip as Beijing blasts Trump's ‘bogus charges’ that it’s violating the Geneva trade agreement

The U.S. and China are accusing each other of undermining an uneasy truce in their trade.

Euronews

China accuses US of violating trade truce and vows firm retaliation

Beijing’s remarks came after US President Donald Trump said on Friday that China had “totally violated” the agreement.

The Independent UK

China vows ‘forceful measures’ after accusing US of violating tariffs truce

Beijing says it is ‘strictly implementing’ consensus reached in Geneva but US is taking steps that ‘seriously undermine’ it

Al Jazeera

China warns US not to ‘play with fire’ over Taiwan

Beijing says the US is touting Cold War mentality after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls China threat to the region.

The Independent UK

China says Hegseth calling it a threat is touting a Cold War mentality

China has denounced U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for calling the Asian country a threat, accusing him of touting a Cold War mentality

The Guardian - UK

Trump doesn’t know how to deal with China. His cowardice only makes a war with Taiwan more likely

The US president’s strange mix of weakness and anti-Beijing hostility may be pushing Xi Jinping towards a fateful decision, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - AU

Trump news at a glance: Hegseth warns of ‘imminent’ China threat, urging Asia to upgrade militaries

At Singapore summit, US defense secretary says Beijing could be preparing to alter the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific

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