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🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Donald Trump has arrived in China to find that President XI did NOT greet him at the airport. MAGA is in spin mode heralding the “red carpet treatment,” but the visit is already at a rocky start. Instead of a presidential welcome, Trump was greeted by US… pic.twitter.com/2eI0HFs0ol — CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) …
🇨🇳🇹🇼🇺🇸 Xi Jinping met with Taiwan's opposition leader today for the first KMT-CCP leadership sit-down in nearly a decade. The timing is not a coincidence. U.S. forces have been redeployed from East Asia to the Middle East, and Taiwan officials say China has already resumed… https://t.co/58rsDGfNqo pic.twitter.com/Lf8Dszbd7K — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 10, 2026 last …
During a private fundraiser in 2024, then-candidate Donald Trump told donors that he warned Chinese President Xi Jinping he would bomb Beijing if China invaded Taiwan. The remarks were captured in audio recordings obtained by journalists Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, and Isaac Arnsdorf for their book “2024,” released this week. Trump recounted the exchange by …
XI JINPING: TARIFFS ARE BAD FOR THE WORLD (BUT TOTALLY FINE WHEN CHINA USES THEM) Xi took a swipe at tariffs, saying they “undermine the legitimate rights” of countries and mess with the “world economic order.” Because apparently now the rules of global trade matter – just not when China’s the one stacking the deck. …
Beijing is no longer playing defense. The gloves are off. China is preparing six calculated countermeasures in response to the White House’s escalating tariffs, and they’re designed not just to retaliate—but to reshape the board entirely. According to a post from a WeChat account tied to China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency, the measures read like …
Hong Kong CNN — Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma and the country’s top tech executives in Beijing on Monday, in a meeting that signals officials could be steering the country in a more business-friendly direction after a yearslong regulatory crackdown. Besides Ma, the other tycoons in attendance included Huawei founder Ren …
i Jinping has put the fate of his country and regime in the hands of others, especially the next leader of the country he considers an enemy, the United States. Yes, China’s ruler, who many consider the world’s most powerful figure, is, in reality, helpless. How did that happen? In short, Xi did it to …
“In the past, luxury brands, and especially foreign brands, have done well in China, but since Covid I see a shift to more domestic brands that offer much better value for money,” he says. “In my sector, we used to see a huge desire for brands like Dyson vacuums and hairdryers. Now domestic brands are …
President Joe Biden has repeated a lie about travelling 17,000 miles with the Chinese premier in his latest flubbed speech, where he also referred to the ‘O’Biden’ administration. The 81-year-old was giving speaking at a White House event Thursday to mark Greek Independence Day when he repeated the false remarks. He repeated the long-debunked claim …
China ended a three-decade tradition when it announced on March 4 that Premier Li Qiang would not hold a press conference at the conclusion of the annual meeting of the National People’s Congress in Beijing. Moreover, the NPC, as the central government’s rubber-stamp legislative body is known, stated there will be no post-meeting pressers through …
Highlights: Blinken told Biden to stop talkingBiden called Xi a dictator (again) Blinken looked very uncomfortable the entire time 🤪 pic.twitter.com/Y9OOwK7aws — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) November 16, 2023
by Chris Black This is after Mike Pompeo began threatening a war to take over the island and initiate a program of full throttle globo-homo policies. RT: Chinese President Xi Jinping told military leaders at a meeting in 2020 that with his country “rising” and the West “declining,” Beijing needed to prepare for a war …