China, Trump and Beijing

Trump Is Recruiting a Team of China Hawks. So Why Is Beijing Relieved?
Absent from the expected cabinet lineup are China’s most-feared adversaries, including Mike Pompeo and Robert O’Brien.
China Hawks Ascendant: Trump’s Cabinet Picks Put Beijing on Notice
A second Trump administration will coincide with the ascent of new China hawks to increasing levels of influence, one of whom previously told RealClearPolitics that the United States is already engaged in a new “Cold War” with the Chinese Communists.
Experts say Trump's threatened China tariffs could actually help Beijing weather an economic storm
Could the tariffs Trump's threatened to slap on Chinese imports backfire and help Beijing? Some experts say they will.
Donald Trump’s cabinet picks signal tougher stance on China
Experts say appointments of Mike Waltz and others show the president-elect is preparing a more hawkish stance on Beijing
Trump Set to Elevate China Hawks, Deepening Beijing Rift
President-elect Donald Trump is poised to pick two men with track records of harshly criticizing China for key posts in his new administration, a sign relations between the superpowers may deteriorate further in coming years.
China prepares economic defenses against president Trump’s tariffs
China is ready to go head-to-head with President-elect Donald Trump’s tariffs as he prepares to take back the Oval. If Trump pushes for tariffs as high as 60% on Chinese goods, Beijing isn’t about to sit back.

China displays ambitions to challenge US

South China Sea: Beijing updates Sansha city map amid flaring tensions over disputed islands
Sansha, set up to assert China’s claims in contested waters, gets new map and postcodes days after Manila enacts laws on ...
How China reduced its reliance on US farm imports, softening trade war risks
Since the U.S. and China imposed tit-for-tat tariffs in their trade war during Donald Trump's first presidential term, ...
China holds combat drills at a disputed shoal west of the Philippines
China has held sea and air combat drills at disputed Scarborough Shoal, an uninhabited area of reefs and rocks it had seized from the Philippines in the South China Sea ...
China’s space ambitions face ‘huge test’ from Musk presence in Trump White House
Chinese observers said Beijing needs to stick to its own milestones and avoid getting into a race with the US if possible.
Driver rams his car into crowd in China, killing 35. Police say he was upset about his divorce
ZHUHAI, China — A man who authorities said was upset over his divorce settlement rammed his car into a crowd of people ...
Trump To Name China Skeptics Mike Waltz and Marco Rubio to Top Jobs
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to tap Florida Senator Marco Rubio as his nominee to become America's next top ...
China’s hottest AI bot? ByteDance’s Doubao tops the charts with 51 million active users
Its popularity has been enabled by ByteDance’s deep pockets, strong product team, and a design philosophy that brings the ...