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US returns Chinese drug fugitive in rare extradition

World does not need a crisis over Taiwan, opposition leader says ahead of China trip

Kuomintang (KMT) Chairperson Cheng Li-wun speaks to the media ahead of her trip to China, in Taipei, Taiwan March 30, 2026.

A ‘warmer spring’ for cross-strait ties? Taiwan opposition leader talks up visit to Beijing

Kuomintang (KMT) Chairperson Cheng Li-wun looks on as she speaks to the media ahead of her trip to China, in Taipei, Taiwan, March 30, 2026. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Taiwan’s opposition leader to visit China in April, ahead of Trump

Kuomintang chairwoman Cheng Li-wun has signalled a swing towards even closer ties with Beijing than her predecessor Eric Chu.

China launches two probes into US trade practices

FILE PHOTO: A cargo ship carrying containers approaches a terminal of the Yantian port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

Taiwan says next US arms purchase is on track after guarantee

Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo inspects reservists during a training session at Loung Te Industrial Parks Service Center in Yilan, Taiwan December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Trump reschedules Iran-delayed China visit for May 14 and 15

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Apec summit in Busan, on Oct 30, 2025.

Former Chinese aerospace exec gets suspended death sentence over corruption, insider trading

ZHUHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 7, 2022 - (FILE) Tan Ruisong, then chairman and Party secretary of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), attends a media conference on the eve of the 2022 Zhuhai Air Show in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong province, Nov 7, 2022. On August 30, 2024, according to the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervisory Commission, Tan Ruisong, former secretary of the Party Group and chairman of Aviation Industry Corporation of China, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is currently under disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervisory Commission. (Photo by CFOTO/Sipa USA)No Use China.

China’s Xi urges progress in his ‘city of the future’ project

Chinese President Xi Jinping talks with students in a classroom at a high school, during an inspection tour of Xiongan New Area in Hebei province, China March 23, 2026. cnsphoto via REUTERS

News analysis

Trump’s Middle East entanglement could play into Xi’s hands at planned summit

US President Donald Trump had been due in Beijing at the end of March for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but has delayed his trip by several weeks to deal with the fallout from the war.

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