Iran's military says it's trained and ready for any new U.S. assault as President Trump predicted a "long talk" about the war with China's President Xi in Beijing.

China remains committed to the upcoming meeting between its leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump regardless of the situation in the Middle East, and cautiously views its adversary’s ...

President Trump says he has a great relationship with President Xi. His trip to China will provide a temperature check.

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A confidential assessment, circulating as President Donald Trump begins his highly anticipated trip to Beijing, shows shifts in several key areas of competition.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping opened Wednesday’s high-stakes meeting with President Trump by ominously raising the prospect of a future war between the US and China. Xi made reference to a geopolitical ...

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A visit to Beijing by Iran’s top diplomat – days before US President Donald Trump is set to travel to the Chinese capital – has turned up the spotlight on a key question: can China take on the role of ...

(TNND) — A month out from a planned meeting in Beijing between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, relations between the two powerful countries appear to be fraying from the Iran ...

North Korea's nuclear defiance, a drone strike in Romania, China's silo expansion and Kazakhstan's offer to store Tehran's uranium stockpile present themselves as multiple flashpoints.

The balance of power between the United States and China had shifted in Beijing’s favor even before the war in Iran began in February.