WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on May 13, 2026, by Communications and Information Systems Director Michael Newton: * * * What to Watch at the US-China Summit President Trump and Chairman Xi both believe they hold the stronger hand. * Transactional. Distrustful. Limited in ambition. The upcoming summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping is shaping up as a diplomatic negotiation in wh  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following Critical Questions Q&A on May 8, 2026, involving Edgard Kagan, senior adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies: * * * Trump-Xi Summit in Beijing: Managing the World's Most Important Relationship President Donald Trump's May 14-15, 2026, visit to the People's Republic of China (PRC) will likely represent a relatively modest step toward greater stability and predictability in the world's most importan  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on May 7, 2026, by Nina Shea, director and senior fellow of the Center for Religious Freedom, to the New York Post: * * * Trump's China Trip Offers a Golden Chance to Inspire Freedom Trade, Taiwan and global tensions will likely top President Donald Trump's agenda when he travels to China next week for a two-day summit. But   more