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A confidential U.S. intelligence assessment circulating as President Trump begins a trip to Beijing says China is exploiting the Iran war to gain a strategic edge over the United States across military, economic and diplomatic fronts, signaling shifts in global competition and raising concerns about U.S. readiness and its alliances.
China’s Xi Jinping, confident in Beijing’s growing power, is set to host Donald Trump with the aim of projecting China as a stable counterweight to U.S. volatility and pursuing pragmatic talks at the summit, while signaling limited expectations for long-lasting deals amid ongoing tensions.
Trump heads to Beijing for a high-profile meeting with Xi Jinping, seeking a lavish welcome, but the Iran negotiations and Beijing’s support for Tehran cast a long shadow. After a two-month postponement, analysts expect limited breakthroughs as the talks aim to stabilize U.S.-China relations and address topics like trade, Taiwan, fentanyl and AI.
China’s National Development and Reform Commission banned Meta’s acquisition of Manus AI and ordered the unwinding of the transaction, in Beijing’s most aggressive move yet to stem AI talent loss to the United States. It’s unclear how the order could be enforced on a completed deal, and Manus AI is now based in Singapore and integrated with Meta, after export-control probes and other actions by Chinese authorities.
Trump claims China has agreed not to send weapons to Iran and is pleased with U.S. efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz; Beijing has not commented, and the assertion comes as Washington and Beijing seek a détente before high-stakes talks with Xi Jinping amid broader tensions over Iran and maritime traffic.
Amid threats of Iran disrupting oil shipments to Asia and rising oil prices, China could emerge as a winner by leveraging its rapid electrification and investments in renewables, potentially insulating itself from energy-price swings more than the United States and shaping the global energy shock to its strategic advantage.
China is clamping down on its rapidly expanding cosmetic-surgery sector after reports of botched procedures, with regulators scrutinizing unsafe clinics and stepping up safety rules in major cities like Shanghai and Beijing.
Washington Post’s The Post’s View editorial argues that Canada’s warmer stance toward China, touted by Mark Carney as a “more predictable” partner than the United States, is shortsighted and could undermine Western interests, noting that global trade will proceed with or without the United States.
Facing Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats to the U.S. market, Canada and China announced tariff deals and touted a 'new strategic partnership' during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Beijing visit, signaling a deliberate shift to diversify Canada’s trade away from the United States and reset ties with China.