The network, designed to run without human oversight, was launched a month after Trump outlined plans for an ‘AI Manhattan Project’.

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.

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

As President Donald Trump pushed for Republicans around the country to redraw congressional maps to give themselves extra seats, the one state where such a redraw was inevitable was Ohio, where state law required the map be redrawn anyway because the GOP's previous gerrymander there had not passed with bipartisan support.

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

People aware of the developments said China had no part in bringing the tensions between India and Pakistan to an end in May.

One of the clearest reasons for cautious stability in China-U.S. relations in 2026 lies in the trajectory of the preceding year. In many respects, 2025 marked a phase of resilience for China – one in which pressure was absorbed, expectations stabilized, and the terms of competition subtly shifted.

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