CNBC's The China Connection Newsletter: Five Things to Watch for the Trump-Xi Summit

Xi and Trump face their greatest challenge yet: building US-China trust

AI is the test case. A foundational agreement will prove trust is possible – otherwise, mistrust will harden and the detente will dissolve.

Why stage a grand spectacle if nothing will change? A look at motives for Trump-Xi summit

Explore the complexities of the Trump-Xi summit in Washington amid US-China tensions, focusing on diplomacy, strategic competition, and political optics. Read more at straitstimes.com.

CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: Five things to watch for the Trump-Xi summit

Many in China sound far more optimistic than those in the U.S. about the bilateral relationship, ahead of a highly anticipated summit this week.

View: The summit won’t break the US-China stalemate

Beneath the diplomatic surface, the two sides are radically at odds over just about everything.

The Summit That Extends the Truce, Not the Trust

Analysis of the Xi-Trump summit focusing on trade, AI, rare earths, and geopolitical tensions in 2026.

The summit won’t break the US-China stalemate

Andy’s view In Mao Zedong’s 1938 essay On Protracted War, penned during the Japanese invasion of China, he divided conflict into three phases: strategic defense, strategic stalemate, and strategic counter-offensive. On the eve of a leaders’ summit this week in Washington, US-China ties are stuck…