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US arms sales to Taiwan on ‘pause’ due to Iran war, says acting navy chief

US arms sales to Taiwan have been “paused” to ensure the US military has enough munitions for its Iran operations, according to Washington’s acting...

Trump claims he will speak to Taiwan’s president, departing from decades-long diplomatic norms

Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would speak to Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te, an unprecedented move for a US leader that could roil US...

Same but different: how Xi and China welcomed Trump and Putin

Days after Donald Trump was greeted in Beijing with a military band, an honour guard and dozens of youths waving American and Chinese flags,...

The Thucydides trap – how the Greek historian’s words were lost in translation | Letter

In explaining Xi Jinping’s allusion to the Thucydides trap, Kate Lamb refers to Thucydides’ statement that “it was the rise of Athens and the...

The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly | Jonathan Watts

“Farewell,” the flag-waving Chinese children chanted to Donald Trump as he strolled along the red carpet back to Air Force One at the end...

Pomp, pageantry but precious little to show for Trump’s Beijing excursion

It was historic, to be sure, but not as anyone had predicted. First there was Donald Trump, a self-declared teetotaler, apparently drinking champagne after...
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