Trump-Xi Meeting Was a Win for China
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The fact sheet — which describes the concessions from China as “a massive victory that safeguards U.S. economic strength and national security” — is the latest installment in the White House’s media victory lap touting the results of Trump’s meeting with Xi.
"China, which takes more than 60% of world soybean imports, has nearly completed booking cargoes from Brazil and Argentina through November, with limited purchases expected for December and January ahead of the Brazilian harvest.
But on Thursday, Mr Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached an agreement. It amounts to China buying 12 million metric tons of soybeans this year, and at least 25 million metric tons over each of the next three years. That would ultimately return purchasing volume to the levels seen prior to the trade war.
An elementary school in Yimianpo is now a storage yard. The number of children in the town has dropped by half and there are fewer than three births per 1,000 residents in the province — China's lowest rate.
President Lai Ching-te rejected Beijing’s latest push to get the self-governing island to come under Chinese control under a system of autonomy it uses for Hong Kong and Macau.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urges Southeast Asian nations to strengthen their maritime forces to counter China's actions in the South China Sea.
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Nexperia's China unit says it has 'sufficient inventories' after Dutch parent's supply suspension
BEIJING (Reuters) -Dutch chipmaker Nexperia's China unit said on Sunday that it had established "sufficient inventories of finished goods and work-in-progress" and that its supply chain remained secure and stable after its parent halted wafer supplies.
China has repackaged Xinjiang into a tourist haven, touting "ethnic" experiences that activists say it's trying to erase.