The Verge
Tim Cook's CEO legacy is less about iPhones and more about a masterclass in geopolitical tightrope walking between Xi and Trump - with a few gold statues thrown in.
The Guardian Europe
Xi Jinping leverages global chaos to push a new 'ethnic unity' law, essentially telling minorities to become pomegranate seeds or get squeezed.
The Guardian Europe
Hong Kong raids on bookstores turn a T-shirt slogan into a viral protest and send a book on Xi Jinping's ideology flying off shelves in Taiwan.
The Atlantic
China tells Nvidia 'no thanks' to its H200 chips, preferring to build its own inferior ones - because nothing says innovation like reinventing the wheel, badly, while locking out the rest of the world.
The Guardian Europe
China purges another Politburo member, proving that no one is safe from Xi's anti-corruption campaign - not even the guy who ran Xinjiang's re-education camps.
BBC World
A factory fire in China's shoe capital kills 28, with President Xi promising accountability as the country rethinks its fire safety campaign.
BBC World
Xi Jinping visits North Korea to remind Kim Jong Un that China was the original 'forged in blood' ally, not that new guy Putin - because nothing says friendship like geopolitical leverage and a shared defence treaty.
The Guardian
Trump picks a trade war with China, ignores allies, and forgets a strategy - while the rest of the world builds new trade friendships and China stockpiles leverage.
BBC World
A coal mine that was already flagged as a safety hazard kills 90 workers, because apparently warnings are just suggestions in China's coal industry.
The Guardian
Putin makes his 25th pilgrimage to Beijing, days after Trump, as China plays host to global leaders looking for friends - or at least someone who won't sanction them.
BBC World
Trump tells Taiwan not to do the one thing it wasn't planning to do anyway, while China watches with a copy of the Anti-Secession Law and a very long memory.
BBC World
Trump tells Taiwan not to poke the dragon, because nobody wants to travel 9,500 miles for a war.
BBC Business
Trump and Xi's Beijing summit produced lots of handshakes, a Boeing order, and a new 'Board of Trade' - but the big economic breakthrough remains as elusive as a quiet moment at a state banquet.
The Guardian Europe
Trump arrives in Beijing with tech CEOs, tells reporters he doesn't think about Americans' finances while inflation rises and gas prices surge, and Zelenskyy asks him to mention Ukraine to Xi.
BBC World
Trump and Xi are meeting in Beijing to discuss trade, Taiwan, Iran, and who gets to feel more respected. The fate of the global economy hangs in the balance, but at least there will be a banquet.
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