US-China tech war

NEWS ANALYSIS

Trump welcomes China’s Xi with fanfare, but no breakthroughs emerge

2026-09-25T05:22:14.000Z
US President Donald Trump (centre, right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (centre, left) in the Oval Office of the White House on Sep 24.

‘Under human control’: Xi urges AI safeguards at White House summit as Trump resists curbs

2026-09-25T04:35:38.000Z
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US President Donald Trump (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping toured the new helipad and the recently redesigned South Lawn at the White House.

‘Thucydides Trap’, Taiwan warning and AI divide: 5 takeaways from Trump-Xi summit

2026-09-25T01:50:41.000Z
UPDATED 15 hours ago
From left: China's President Xi Jinping, China's First Lady Peng Liyuan, US President Donald Trump and US First Lady Melania Trump at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.

Trump welcomes Xi to Washington as leaders seek trade truce despite deep tensions

2026-09-23T22:29:09.000Z
Topics including trade, AI, the Iran war and the future of Taiwan are likely to dominate conversations.
EXPLAINER

What’s on the agenda when Xi and Trump meet in Washington

2026-09-23T05:43:23.000Z
The Chinese e-commerce leader will set up its first cloud regions in Turkey, Finland and the Netherlands over the next 12 months.

Alibaba to add data centres in Europe, Middle East amid AI push, US-China tech race

2026-09-23T04:04:02.000Z
The contrasting fortunes partly result from Beijing’s ambition to build its own AI ecosystem, as its self-sufficiency campaign leads to a vicious price war.

China’s AI trade favours global winners over local champions

2026-09-23T01:13:40.000Z
A monument featuring a stylised molecular structure in Baotou, China, China’s rare earths capital.

World’s top rare-earth magnet maker gives Xi leverage over US

2026-09-21T23:18:11.000Z
Some US allies in Asia expect Xi to push Trump to soften Washington’s support for Taiwan, the democratically governed island claimed by Beijing.

Xi rolls into Trump summit with China’s trade engine roaring

2026-09-21T07:09:33.000Z
Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng (left) and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met at the JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York on Sep 20.

Bessent proposes AI incident alerts in talks with China’s He ahead of Trump-Xi summit

2026-09-21T04:12:35.000Z