China prioritizes stabilizing US ties ahead of meetingBloombergChina’s top diplomat yesterday signaled that Beijing is prioritizing a stabilization of ties with Washington, even as he issued a pointed critique of US military actions in the Middle East. Photo: EPAHis comments come weeks ahead of a planned summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) in Beijing. Trump has also threatened military action against Colombia and Mexico and said that Cuba’s communist regime “looks like it’s ready to fall” on its own, raising questions for Latin American countries over how their China ties might protect them if put to the test. China’s foreign policy has not faced this much scrutiny since the Cold War, University of Tennessee, Knoxville historian Yasser Nasser said. Wang added he was pleased to see “European friends stepping out of the small attic of protectionism” and moving toward Chinese markets.

Source: Taipei Times March 08, 2026 16:07 UTC