As Taiwan blasts China's "highly provocative and reckless" blockade rehearsal, Trump touts his relationship with Xi Jinping and says an invasion is unlikely.

China took thinly veiled swipes at President Donald Trump’s efforts to end a border clash between Thailand and Cambodia, with Beijing seeking a role as a peacemaker between the Southeast Asian neighbors.

China has claimed it helped mediate the May standoff between India and Pakistan, a claim New Delhi has firmly rejected, insisting the crisis was resolved through direct bilateral channels.

Amid US President Donald Trump's repeated claims of mediating the military confrontation between India and Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, China has now made a similar assertion. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated that Beijing had played a role in mediating various global conflicts, including the India-Pakistan standoff.

China has ample reason to oppose the build-up of American military might in Caribbean Sea –and the recent US interceptions of tankers hauling Venezuelan oil.

The U.S. Trade Representative said tariffs on Chinese semiconductors, now at zero, are set to increase in June 2027.

China will be entering the fifth year of a painful real estate crisis when the calendar flips to 2026. Over that period, falling home prices have sapped consumer spending, plunging property sales have pushed developers into bankruptcy and a dearth of demand for land has left many local governments struggling to stabilize their finances.

China has asserted that it played a mediating role in the tensions between India and Pakistan following their military clashes earlier this year., India News, Times Now