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China Not Committed to 2027 Taiwan Invasion, U.S. Intel Report Says​

Washington has determined that China does not plan to invade Taiwan in 2027, according to the U.S. intelligence community’s 2026 Annual Threat Assessment report published this week.

“The [intelligence community] assesses that Chinese leaders do not currently plan to execute an invasion of Taiwan in 2027, nor do they have a fixed timeline for achieving unification,” reads the report’s section covering China-Taiwan affairs.

Published by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the report assessed that Beijing must seize Taiwan by 2049 to achieve its goal of a “national rejuvenation” by the 100th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.

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  • China’s Xi and Trump agreed to build a “constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability.”
  • China’s door to opening up will only open wider, Xi said.
  • China expressed interest in purchasing more U.S. oil to wean off its reliance on Middle Eastern crude.
  • Xi reserved his sharpest language for Taiwan, calling it “the most important issue” in the bilateral relationship.
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Five takeaways from the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing so far

The two leaders agreed to forge more cooperative ties in a high-stakes meeting full of friendly gestures between two countries that have been battling for years.
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In photos: Trump kicks off high-stakes summit with Xi​

President Donald Trump was greeted by Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing Thursday, kicking off a highly anticipated summit that will include discussions on Iran, Taiwan and artificial intelligence.

Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday evening local time and was greeted at the airport by China’s Vice President Han Zheng, a military band, and hundreds of young people waving flags.

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In photos: Trump kicks off high-stakes summit with Xi

The high-stakes summit is expected to cover a wide range of contentious topics, including trade, technology, export controls, Taiwan, and the Iran war.
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Decoding China's 15th Five Year Plan

China’s latest Five-Year Plan signals that it has become more pessimistic about the global environment, seeing it as uncertain and unstable. However, the Chinese Communist Party sees opportunity in that instability to promote the Community of Common Destiny, their new model of global governance. The Five-Year Plan also signals that the Chinese will continue to use the United Nations to advance this new global governance system.

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  • U.S. President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday and Friday.
  • The trip has gone a long way toward strengthening a fragile trade truce reached in October.
  • However, the two sides have yet to announce many specific agreements.
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Trump-Xi summit: the 3 big takeaways from historic meeting in Beijing

The two-day meeting wrapped up Friday, setting the tone for further U.S.-China talks this year.
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US expects 'double-digit billions' in Chinese farm purchases after Trump-Xi summit, says Greer​

May 15 (Reuters) - The United States expects China to sign up to buy "double-digit billions" worth of U.S. farm goods following a summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Beijing, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Friday.

Greer noted the 25 million metric ton per year soybean deal agreed last October and said the U.S. also expects to "see an agreement for double-digit billion purchases of ags over the next three years per year coming out of this visit."

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Underwhelming summit outcome in China brings Trump back to reality​

After raising high expectations ahead of his trip to Beijing, the U.S. president leaves with little to show for it, disappointing investors. On key flashpoints such as Iran and Taiwan, China didn't give any ground.​

Before his trip to China, Donald Trump faced outsized expectations – largely nurtured by himself.

But the reality of a complex and challenging relationship caught up with him.

And that includes the fact that China has the upper hand right now.

From a US perspective, the immediate outcome of his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping was meagre: no grand breakthrough, but a mere stabilization of relations and a broad effort to prevent the superpower rivalry from spiralling further out of control.

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