US-China ties

US accuses China of secret nuclear testing as it calls for broad new arms treaty after New START

A military aide carries a briefcase containing launch codes for nuclear weapons at the White House in Washington. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

News analysis

Beijing’s hands may be tied as US scores win in Panama Canal ports ruling

Panama’s Supreme Court annulling key port contracts held by a Hong Kong‑based firm leaves the future uncertain.

Pro-Beijing newspaper blasts Panama’s ruling against CK Hutchison’s ports concession

A cargo ship carrying containers from the Danish company Maersk sails in front of the port of Balboa in Panama City on Jan 30, 2026.

Trump’s China policy is incoherent. That may be the point

Will US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands on a grand G2 deal at their next meeting in April after their last one in Busan last October?

News analysis

Thanks, but no thanks? Parsing China’s response to Trump’s Board of Peace invitation

US President Donald Trump unveiling his Board of Peace in Davos on Jan 22.

News analysis

A TikTok deal, finally, and what it says about the US-China trade truce

TikTok announced a new joint venture that is majority-owned by US companies, separate from its former Chinese parent company ByteDance.

Trump says he will visit China in April; Xi to visit US towards end of 2026

“I’ve always had a great relationship (with) President Xi of China,” said US President Donald Trump.

US-China ties expected to stabilise in 2026, says WEF panel

(From left) ST editor Jaime Ho moderating a panel discussion by Harvard University’s Douglas Dillon Professor of Government Graham Allison, United States senator for Delaware Chris Coons, University of Southern California law professor Angela Zhang, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and director for the international politics programme at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ National Institute for Global Strategy Zhao Hai at a panel discussion on US-China ties during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

China defends wind power strategy, says Trump is wrong

China is the world’s leading producer of wind power.

Commentary

What the sale and troubles of Manus reveal about the US-China AI race

Beijing is now scrutinising Meta’s acquisition of Manus and that other start-ups might try to follow in the footsteps of Manus’ parent company, Butterfly Effect.

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