Tag: Xi Jinping

It remains unclear whether the bomber exercises or escalated rhetoric could lead to North Korea dismantling its burgeoning nuclear program. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Trump ratchets up tough talk on North Korean ‘menace’ at G-20 summit

Robert King · July 8, 2017 4:01 pm

The Trump administration has been putting pressure on China to leverage its influence over North Korea. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump meets with Chinese leader, says there will be success in North Korea ‘one way or the other’

Daniel Chaitin · July 8, 2017 2:56 pm

The Air Force directed two B-1B Lancer bombers from Guam to make the flight, following a similar flight they made over the same sea last month. (USAF Photo by SSgt Mark A. Borosch)

National Security

US flies two bombers over contested South China Sea

Anna Giaritelli · July 7, 2017 12:35 pm

This summit is sure to be more interesting than most. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Beltway Confidential

What to expect at the G-20

Tom Rogan · July 6, 2017 3:11 pm

The Red Chinese Go ‘Green’

Irwin M. Stelzer · July 5, 2017 11:45 pm

President Trump on Wednesday slammed the increasingly profitable trade relationship between China and North Korea. "Trade between China and North Korea grew almost 40% in the first quarter. So much for China working with us - but we had to give it a try!" he said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump hammers China over increasingly profitable trade with North Korea

Anna Giaritelli · July 5, 2017 11:43 am

China is a proud signatory of the Paris Agreement, and American climate scolds regularly hold up the People's Republic as a role model for climate action. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool photo via AP)

China’s climate hoax punks willing American dupes

Timothy P. Carney · July 4, 2017 5:20 pm

The United States should have "no illusions" that Russia and China will end the threat of North Korea's missile program, Sen. Deb Fischer said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

Republican Sen. Deb Fischer to Trump: Don’t listen to Russia, China on North Korea threat

Travis J. Tritten · July 4, 2017 3:16 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow on Tuesday. Russia and China agreed Tuesday that North Korea should halt missile tests and the United States should not deploy a missile shield or conduct large-scale military exercises with South Korea. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool photo via AP)

National Security

China, Russia combine to challenge Trump on North Korea

Travis J. Tritten · July 4, 2017 2:32 pm

"While I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi & China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out. At least I know China tried!" the president said on his Twitter account. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump: Chinese effort to pressure North Korea ‘has not worked out’

Melissa Quinn · June 20, 2017 7:01 pm

In this Thursday, April 6, 2017, file photo, Ivanka Trump, daughter and assistant to President Donald Trump, is seated with her husband, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, during a dinner with President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

China invites Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner for visit

Anna Giaritelli · June 20, 2017 3:55 pm

The United States and South Korea have been allies for decades and fought together in the Korean Conflict against North Korea. China backed North Korea in that conflict. (Jason Lee/Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Top senator fears South Korea is choosing China over U.S.

Joel Gehrke · June 7, 2017 8:18 pm