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China's Xi promises policy stability at meeting with business leaders, including Alibaba's Jack Ma

China’s President Xi Jinping has met with private sector business leaders, offering them assurances that policies regarding the private sector would not change, state media reported

The Independent UK

Xi Jinping tells Alibaba’s Jack Ma and Chinese tech chiefs to ‘show their talent’

Analysts say address to symposium suggests crackdown on sector may be ending in effort to tackle economic slump

The Guardian - UK

US Think Tank Report Questions China's Military Readiness

Debate over China's military readiness and intentions sparks discussions on political influences, combat skills, and regional security implications.

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European defence stocks rise by €18bn to record high ahead of Ukraine peace talks – as it happened

Shares in BAE Systems, Rheinmetall and Saab soar, as Keir Starmer offers to put British ‘boots on the ground’ in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Google facilitated Russia and China’s censorship requests

An investigation has exposed the tech firm’s cooperation with autocratic regimes to remove unfavourable content

The Guardian - UK

Alibaba Shares Soar On Reports Of Potential Xi Meeting With Jack Ma

Alibaba shares soared by more than six percent on Friday following reports that Chinese President Xi Jinping was poised to meet with the tech juggernaut's co-founder Jack Ma. Alibaba, which has already surged more than 40 percent in 2025, piled on 6.3 percent after also being given an extra leg-up…

International Business Times

Trump eyes summit with Xi and Putin, says he wants military budgets halved

US president says Washington’s existing nuclear arsenal could destroy the world ‘100 times over’.

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Trump Eyes Summit With Xi-Putin, Shaking Up World Order

Donald Trump unveiled an extraordinary vision of a shake-up to the world order Thursday, eyeing a three-way summit with the Russian and Chinese leaders just a day after saying he had agreed with Vladimir Putin to start Ukraine peace talks.

International Business Times

Trump Proposes Trilateral Meeting With China And Russia On Defense

President Trump suggests a trilateral meeting with China and Russia to discuss cutting military budgets in half and reducing nuclear weapons. Potential out...

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What we learned from Trump and Putin’s phone call – editor’s briefing

Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, spoke for much of the European diplomatic community when she reacted to news of Donald Trump’s phone chat with Vladimir Putin: “This is the way the Trump administration operates,” she declared. “This is not how others do foreign policy, but this is now the…

The Conversation

Questions raised over Lord Mandelson’s work with Chinese ‘influence operation’

New ambassador to US and his consultancy firm under spotlight over links to agency said to have aim of co-opting western businesspeople

The Guardian - UK

As Musk tries to slash trillions from federal spending, Trump publicly states desire for more military money

‘We want to raise defense spending. I think we have to have it,’ the president told Fox News in a recent interview

The Independent UK

Are Trump's trade and tariffs tantrums repairing market failures or eroding global trust?

The whipsaw of tariffs—some potentially beneficial and others less so—have left CEOs and investors temporarily frozen.

Fortune

Trump Talks With Chinese President Xi Jinping Since Inauguration

President Trump acknowledges communication with President Xi Jinping and claims deep understanding of Kim Jong Un. Recent tariffs and retaliatory measures ...

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Smaller countries may ‘have to choose’ between the U.S. and China, warns author Robert Kaplan

“For decades, countries like Singapore and Australia and others were able to essentially get rich off China, and be protected by the U.S. Navy,” Kaplan explained. “They didn’t have to choose.”

International Business Times

China Hits US With $14B In Retaliatory Tariffs

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has retaliated against the U.S. by imposing tariffs on $14 billion worth of American goods, signaling a deepening trade war.

The Conversation

Russia’s shrinking world: The war in Ukraine and Moscow’s global reach

Russia President Vladimir Putin sent a guarded message of congratulations to Donald Trump on inauguration day, but then held a long direct call with his “dear friend,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

The Independent UK

A timeline of US-China tit-for-tat tariffs since Trump's first term

China’s tit-for-tat duties on U.S. imports have taken effect

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Ukraine war briefing: Trump plan to end war must include security guarantees, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian president says he would be ready for talks in any format if he has ‘an understanding that America and Europe will not abandon us’. What we know on day 1,083

The Independent UK

Trump's AI ambition and China's DeepSeek overshadow an AI summit in Paris

The geopolitics of artificial intelligence will be in focus at a major summit in France this week

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Chinese Rescuers Search For Missing After Sichuan Province Landslide

Chinese rescuers search for missing individuals after a landslide in Sichuan province. President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang emphasize rescue efforts a...

The Independent UK

Labour MP warns Starmer he is crossing a red line with China embassy deal

Backbencher raises concern over government’s attempts to improve relations with Beijing

International Business Times

Trump's Trade Tempest: Week One

In just one week, US President Donald Trump's turbulent trade tussle with rivals and allies triggered tit-for-tat moves, more tariff threats and tense talks, leaving the world bracing for more.

The Conversation

How Putin, Xi and now Trump are ushering in a new imperial age

Over the past few weeks the new US president, Donald Trump, has repeatedly claimed that the United States should “take back” the Panama Canal and that it should assume control of Greenland – one way or another. He has talked of Canada becoming America’s 51st state and now he even…

The Independent UK

Pakistan's president says terrorist attacks won't end friendship with China

Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari says his country’s friendship with China has “gone through ups and downs” but it won’t be broken down by terrorist attacks

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