Taiwan
State of anxiety: As Trump and Xi circle each other, Taiwan is on edge
With Taiwan’s relationship with its most important security partner in flux, the island’s existentialist fears are coming back up to the top.
- Matthew Knott
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- Opinion
- AUKUS
Truth submerged? AUKUS will cost us $368 billion, so this is no time for secrecy
Secrecy in policy development is rarely justified – and it certainly isn’t for AUKUS, our eye-wateringly expensive defence deal with the US and UK.
- Carmen Lawrence
Hegseth praises Australia for ‘stepping up’ as he shifts tone on China
While the US defence secretary struck a more conciliatory tone on China, Defence Minister Richard Marles said the seabed was “becoming a battlefield”.
- Lisa Visentin
- Opinion
- China relations
One key takeaway from Trump’s China visit should worry Australia
US President Donald Trump went to Beijing in a weakened state. China’s President Xi Jinping took full advantage.
- Peter Hartcher
‘He asked if I would defend them’: Trump shares key details of Xi meeting
The US president teased an imminent decision on arms sales to Taiwan after the topic featured prominently in his discussions in Beijing, and said Xi asked directly if the US would defend Taiwan in a war.
- Michael Koziol
- Analysis
- China relations
‘I probably don’t want to leave’: Trump gushes over China during tiptoe among the trees
For a summit low on expectations but high on optics, Xi delivered a carefully crafted spectacle designed to project China’s status as the foremost peer to the US.
- Lisa Visentin and Michael Koziol
Trump wraps up Beijing summit with plenty of goodwill but few blockbuster deals
The leaders of the two most powerful countries in the world have spent the past two days at their cordial best, with the Trump administration confident the visit will pay dividends.
- Lisa Visentin
China gives Trump a grand welcome and a stern warning on Taiwan
The world’s two most powerful men – US president Donald Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping – struck a cordial tone, but will the goodwill deliver the win they are both chasing?
- Lisa Visentin
How Trump’s concessions risk affecting Australia’s own interests
Donald Trump is in Beijing to meet with Xi Jinping and strike a trade deal, but will he inadvertently make it harder for the rest of us?
- Opinion
- Middle East at war
‘Eating bitterness’: China is set up to outlast Trump’s America
Donald Trump goes to Beijing badly needing Chinese help to extricate himself from a quagmire that threatens to destroy his presidency and is entirely of his own making.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard