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Andreas Landwehr

@andreaslandwehr.bsky.social
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German journalist, Beijing Bureau Chief of dpa German Press Agency for 30 years, Asia-Pacific Head until 2023. Liberty Award 2011. Former correspondent in U.S.

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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
US slows aircraft-part exports to China as Trump seeks leverage in trade negotiations, sources say www.reuters.com/business/aut...
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EXCLUSIVE: US slows aircraft-part exports to China as Trump seeks leverage in trade negotiations, sources say
The Trump administration has been taking steps to turn China's dependence ​on US aviation suppliers into leverage for trade negotiations, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Spain and China are cosying up - to the anger of many in the EU www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Spain and China are cosying up - to the anger of many in the EU
Amid global tumult, the two countries alliance is not the only unlikely pairing.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tax officials have gone into overdrive to boost receipts from China‘s richest people and biggest companies. They’ve rewritten the rules on offshore trusts, launched the biggest raid for back taxes in years and set their sights on $1.7 trillion of wealth www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Primary schools and kindergartens in China are being converted into elderly care facilities, as falling birth rates and a shrinking youth population leave classrooms empty www.scmp.com/economy/chin...
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As China’s birth rate falls, vacant schools are turned into aged care facilities
Data shows primary and preschool enrolments each fell by 10 per cent last year, leaving classrooms empty while the elderly population grows.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
China is mulling additional fiscal policies to reach its growth target for 2026, according to the country’s finance minister www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China Eyes More Targeted Fiscal Support After Growth Slowdown
China is mulling additional fiscal policies to reach its growth target for 2026, according to the country’s finance minister, as the world’s No. 2 economy contends with a slowdown.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Chinese military opened a new logistics base at an airport in Laos, expanding the People’s Liberation Army’s overseas presence as it seeks to operate farther from home www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China Expands Military Footprint With New Support Base in Laos
The Chinese military opened a new logistics base at an airport in Laos, expanding the People’s Liberation Army’s overseas presence as it seeks to operate farther from home.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
More than 100 academics linked to British institutions have unwittingly assisted China's espionage operations against the UK via a front company working for its intelligence and security services, MI5 has warned www.bbc.com/news/article...
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China funding UK research and sending it to Beijing's spies, MI5 warns
British universities are being urged to sever ties with China General Technology Research Institute which is linked to the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS).
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
China Is the Last Major Runway Open to Iran’s Sanctioned Airlines www.fdd.org/analysis/202...
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China Is the Last Major Runway Open to Iran’s Sanctioned Airlines
Mahan Air, which Washington sanctioned in 2011 for ferrying weapons and operatives for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is still landing in China. On September 23, hours after the U.S. Treasury ...
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
China's commerce ministry has sent a strong warning to the European Union ahead of expected high-level talks in Beijing next week. China will "respond firmly" if the EU introduces restrictions on Chinese businesses or products www.cnbc.com/2026/09/30/c...
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Beijing warns of retaliation if Europe imposes curbs on Chinese businesses
China must "respond firmly" if the EU introduces restrictions on Chinese businesses or products, the Commerce Ministry said, according to a CNBC translation.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
China shock 2.0: The competitive pressure is only likely to intensify as Chinese firms leverage structural advantages that are set to strengthen and endure for years to come. Europe is particularly vulnerable www.chathamhouse.org/2026/09/chin...
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‘China shock 2.0’ and Europe’s industrial future
How the EU and UK can respond to Chinese technological supremacy
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nothingburger: Double Cheesy with Extra Protocol Sauce www.csis.org/analysis/tak...
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Takeaways from the Trump-Xi White House Summit
CSIS experts assess the outcomes of the Trump-Xi White House summit in September 2026 and what it means for the future of U.S.-China relations.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump denied asking Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy American weapons, countering his own envoy’s claim that Trump made the offer to his Chinese counterpart. “I’ve never heard of that one, I’m going to have to ask him.” www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09...
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Trump denies offering to sell arms to China’s Xi
U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue had told Fox News on Sunday that Trump made the extraordinary offer to sell arms to the rival superpower.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Xi visit to US: "The reality is neither side can do a whole lot in technology without the other," he said, "so it's important that both sides signal that to their own apparatus: It's OK to have some competition." link.cnbc.com/public/47675...
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Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Beijing. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a snapshot of what I'm seeing and hearing from local businesses.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump administration is engaged in a multibillion-dollar, governmentwide effort to loosen Beijing’s chokehold on critical minerals. It is slowly starting to work www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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See How the U.S. Is Attacking China’s Control of Critical Minerals
A Trump administration initiative to create a China-free supply chain for military and industrial inputs is starting to work.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The US and China detailed a plan to cut tariffs on about $30 billion of imports from each country, taking a step toward fulfilling a key outcome of last week’s summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US, China Release Product Lists for $30 Billion Tariff Deal
The US and China detailed a plan to cut tariffs on about $30 billion of imports from each country, taking a step toward fulfilling a key outcome of last week’s summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinpi...
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
China has expanded overseas travel restrictions for top AI professionals in private firms to include the families of key personnel, further tightening measures designed to prevent the outflow of critical know-how and information www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China Broadens Travel Curbs to Encompass Family of Top AI Talent
China has expanded overseas travel restrictions for top AI professionals in private firms to include the families of key personnel, further tightening measures designed to prevent the outflow of criti...
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump on Taiwan after Xi‘s visit: “We didn’t talk about it too much. Right now, it’s fine. It’s just moving along,” he told reporters. “We didn’t spend a lot of time talking about Taiwan. He understands very much how I feel.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Says Xi Knows ‘How I Feel’ on Taiwan After US-China Summit
President Donald Trump said Saturday that the issue of Taiwan came up in meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, as he refrained from repeating Washington’s decades-old stance on the sel...
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
China’s Gwadar gamble isn’t paying off: An attempted shortcut around the Malacca Strait has left a port without profit or security www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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China’s Gwadar gamble isn’t paying off
An attempted shortcut around the Malacca Strait has left a port without profit or security.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Chinese government has signaled it may allow companies such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and ByteDance Ltd to buy Nvidia Corp.’s new RTX Pro 5500 chips, The Information reported www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China May Let Alibaba Buy Nvidia’s RTX Chips, Information Says
The Chinese government has signaled it may allow companies such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and ByteDance Ltd to buy Nvidia Corp.’s new RTX Pro 5500 chips, The Information reported, citing people fa...
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump administration officials said the U.S. has no plans to sell weapons to Beijing after Ambassador David Perdue told an interviewer that the president “at one point” offered to make a deal to transfer American arms to Chinese leader Xi Jinping www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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U.S. Says No Plans to Sell Weapons to China After Perdue Comments
The ambassador to China said President Trump offered to sell arms to Xi Jinping
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump has asked Xi if he would like to buy American weapons, US ambassador Purdue revealed. “President Trump continues to say, ‘Hey, we sell arms to other people around the world. … He actually asked Xi, would he like to buy some at one point.” www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09...
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Trump offered to sell arms to China’s Xi, U.S. ambassador says
The revelation will add to allied concerns as U.S. partners struggle for a firm grasp on the White House’s policy toward China.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
China's industrial profits grew at their weakest pace this year, expanding just 4.2% in August from a year earlier, as manufacturers grapple with persistent weakness in consumer demand and a sustained rise in energy costs www.cnbc.com/2026/09/28/c...
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China posts weakest industrial profit growth this year, expanding 4.2% in August
Economists expect Beijing to lean harder on stimulus to stabilize corporate profitability, as consolidation accelerates in sectors facing sluggish demand and fierce competition.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here’s a Comparison of US, China Readouts on Trump-Xi Summit www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Here’s a Comparison of US, China Readouts on Trump-Xi Summit
US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for less than 48 hours on their first White House summit to stabilize ties. Here’s a summary of the statements released by both sides.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
„China has demonstrated that attempts by Washington to reshape the bilateral power balance through ‘maximum pressure’ are ineffective and create uncontrollable problems“ www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
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Why Trump will face a stronger Xi Jinping at November Apec forum in China
Vital host diplomacy leverage and upgraded US-China ties among reasons cited by experts forecasting an even more confident Chinese side.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Mission success for me is not to fight and win a war; it’s to provide a deterrent capability so that we never go to war in the first place“, says Paparo, the admiral who must prevent war with China over Taiwan time.com/article/2026...
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Exclusive: The Admiral Who Must Prevent War With China
U.S Pacific Commander Samuel Paparo’s force covers more than half the earth’s surface. His goal? Winning without fighting.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trade, Taiwan and ‘strategic stability’: key Xi-Trump takeaways overall www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
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Trade, Taiwan and ‘strategic stability’: key Xi-Trump takeaways overall
Chinese leader’s whirlwind US state visit rich in pageantry sees American president pull out all the stops.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
China and the United States have agreed to establish a bilateral communication channel for “super intelligence” incidents, according to the White House www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
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Breaking | Xi-Trump summit: China and US to open ‘super intelligence’ communications channel
The agreement announced by the White House is one of the outcomes of the meeting this week between the US and Chinese presidents.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Behind Summit Pageantry, Xi’s Eyes Were on Taiwan: The Chinese leader came to Washington looking for ways to sway Trump’s position on the island democracy www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Behind Summit Pageantry, Xi’s Eyes Were on Taiwan
The Chinese leader came to Washington looking for ways to sway Trump’s position on the island democracy.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Chinese business executives were notably absent during Xi Jinping's visit, a stark contrast to the titans of US business turning out for a black-tie dinner at the White House. Of the 134 names on the guest list, only 19 were part of the Chinese delegation www.barrons.com/news/china-l...
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China Leaves Business Leaders At Home For Washington Summit
Chinese business executives were notably absent during President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington, a stark contrast to the titans of US business turning out for a black-tie dinner at the White House.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Xi is likely to grow more impatient about Taiwan in his fourth term — by its end he'll be nearly 80. He may feel time is on his side now, but less so then, especially if frustrated by Taiwan's 2028 election result www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/comin...
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The Coming Taiwan Crisis
Use today’s calm to prepare for the next perfect storm.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Had the White House asked me for advice, I would have suggested the president not invite Xi for such a lavish welcome here in the US based on all of the troubling issues we have with Xi and the Chinese Communist Party,” said Republican Senator Wicker www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...
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Trump-Xi summit: Four key takeaways from the Washington, DC, meeting
Trump, Xi seek stable US-China ties at the White House, but differences over Iran, Taiwan and trade remain unresolved.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Panda diplomacy instead of substance www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/c...
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Atlanta is getting pandas: China's Xi revives a longtime diplomatic strategy at summit with U.S.
Chinese President Xi Jinping promised two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta, reviving Beijing's decades-old charm offensive.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Trump administration has been quietly holding talks with China about its rapidly expanding nuclear arsenal amid doubts over Beijing’s compliance with a 30-year test ban, U.S. officials said www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Exclusive | Trump Administration Presses China on Suspected Nuclear Tests in Confidential Talks
The discussions have occurred on the sidelines of multilateral meetings in Geneva, New York and Casablanca, Morocco.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump’s fete for China’s Xi Jinping has been heavy on pageantry and platitudes but light on substantive announcements, with the events shadowed by the US president’s preoccupation with construction projects and personal grievances www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump-Xi Summit Goes Big on Pomp But Small on Substance
Donald Trump’s fete for China’s Xi Jinping has been heavy on pageantry and platitudes but light on substantive announcements, with the events shadowed by the US president’s preoccupation with construc...
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The paradox of Trump’s approach to China: a president drawn to the theater of summitry and his personal rapport with Xi, even as significant tensions between the two superpowers intensify www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Trump Welcomes Xi to White House With Pageantry but Few Concrete Gains
The summit marks Xi Jinping‘s first visit to Washington in more than a decade, as the two leaders look to ease brewing tensions over the war in Iran, artificial intelligence and trade.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“A big day with President Xi of China. Super Intelligence (SI) will be a big topic of discussion, but I want to leave it exactly where it is. That is China’s position also,” Trump posted www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Says No Moves Toward US, China AI Guardrails in Xi Summit
US President Donald Trump said he does not expect any moves to put guardrails around artificial intelligence during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
China’s support for Iran „has helped extend a conflict that is increasing global energy prices, draining weapons stockpiles and heaping pressure on Trump ahead of the midterm elections“, WSJ reports www.wsj.com/politics/chi...
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Iran Has a Secret Weapon in Its War With America: Help From China
Trump wants to preserve relations with Xi, but Iranian customs data show Chinese entities have made thousands of shipments of components used in drones and missiles.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As Trump Welcomes Xi, More Americans Have a Positive View of China: “There really is this warming toward China, even if on balance views still remain fairly negative“ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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As Trump Welcomes Xi, More Americans Have a Positive View of China
Experts attribute the changing mood to fading memories of the coronavirus pandemic, awareness of China’s tech innovations and disaffection with President Trump’s trade wars.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As Xi visits US, China now has the upper hand: As Trump rolls out the red carpet for his Chinese counterpart, Beijing appeared to have succeeded in dictating its own terms to an American president weakened both militarily and domestically www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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As Xi visits US, China now has the upper hand
As Donald Trump prepared to roll out the red carpet for his Chinese counterpart, Beijing appeared to have succeeded in dictating its own terms to an American president weakened both militarily and dom...
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trade truce extension by 2 months allows the US and China to put aside their differences through four major events in the coming weeks: For the US the midterms and the G 20 summit, for China the party plenum and the Apec summit www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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U.S. and China Agree to Extend Trade Truce by 2 Months, Bessent Says
The Treasury secretary, who is leading talks with China, said the countries had agreed to extend a trade truce until January.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Realising the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and making America great again can fully coexist, reinforce each other and benefit the world," Xi said in the statement www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trump offers warm welcome as China's Xi arrives for US visit
The US treasury secretary said that the US and China had reached an agreement to extend a trade truce as Xi began his visit.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Chinese government has taken possession of potentially sensitive F-35 stealth aircraft parts that were inexplicably diverted to Hong Kong while being sent to the US from Australia www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China Is Holding Sensitive F-35 Parts Diverted to Hong Kong
The Chinese government has taken possession of potentially sensitive F-35 stealth aircraft parts that were inexplicably diverted to Hong Kong while being sent to the US from Australia, people briefed ...
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“This sets a floor for the summit outcome, which markets can begin pricing in,” said Scott Kennedy. But the shorter time frame suggests the US is “yet to be satisfied with China’s offer on rare earths and possibly other issues“ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US-China Truce Extended as Xi Gets Rare Welcome From Trump
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the US and China have sealed a two-month extension to their trade truce, as Xi Jinping landed in America for his first state visit in eleven years.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift a ban on journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US Judge Lifts Trump’s White House Media Access Ban for Now
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift a ban on journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bessent announced that Washington and Beijing have agreed to extend the trade agreement reached in South Korea for just two months, as Xi Jinping arrives in Washington www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
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Bessent announces 2-month extension of US-China trade truce
Scott Bessent and He Lifeng held an unscheduled meeting in Washington on Wednesday following Sunday’s productive trade talks.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Iranian airlines continued operating international flights to China and Thailand, defying a US deadline meant to ground the Middle East nation’s fleet by imposing sanctions on companies that provide services to the carriers www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Iran Flights Head to China and Thailand in Defiance of US Sanctions
Iranian airlines continued operating international flights Wednesday, defying a US deadline meant to ground the Middle East nation’s fleet by imposing sanctions on companies that provide services to t...
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“At this vitally important moment, we have showed the unwavering resilience of our alliance.“ Takaichi meets Trump ahead of Xi’s visit in Washington www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump, Takaichi Discuss China in Meeting Ahead of Xi’s US Visit
President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi agreed to closely coordinate on issues related to China just days before a high-stakes trip to Washington by Chinese leader Xi Jinping...
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Xi hopes to project the image of a Chinese leader received as an equal by the president of the world’s most powerful country, at a moment when his own hold on power remains firm but the pressures around him are building www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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The Behind-the-Scenes Push to Get Xi a Red Carpet Welcome in America
The two sides have spent weeks discussing the trappings of the Chinese leader’s Washington visit, while leaving the biggest sources of tension largely untouched.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
China has issued a set of guidelines for handling criminal cases involving fentanyl-related substances to ensure proper law ‌enforcement. The guidelines come a day before Xi Jinping is expected to meet Trump in ⁠Washington www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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China sets guidelines for fentanyl-related crimes prior to Trump-Xi summit
China has issued a set of guidelines for handling criminal cases ​involving fentanyl-related substances to ensure proper law ‌enforcement, according to its judicial and public security authorities.
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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As Trump and Xi meet this week, neither side should mistake the other’s weaknesses for strategic decline www.chathamhouse.org/2026/09/trum...
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Trump–Xi summit: Why the US and China should not underestimate each other
The US and China both face serious domestic strains. As Trump and Xi meet this week to discuss trade, AI and Taiwan, neither side should mistake the other’s weaknesses for strategic decline.
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