Beijing raises its levy on US imports from 34%, after the US president's 104% tariff on China kicked in today.

And no diplomatic maneuver is more quintessentially Kissinger than the U.S. opening to China in 1972. As great-power competition heats up again, today’s U.S. policymakers may be tempted to try to replicate that success by orchestrating a “reverse Kissinger”—pulling Russia closer to balance a rising China,

Ukraine could be partitioned like Berlin after the Second World War as part of a peace deal, President Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia has suggested. Retired lieutenant general Keith Kellogg said UK and French troops could adopt zones of control in the west of the country, forming a “reassurance force”.

The United States criticized China after Ukraine announced it had caught two Chinese nationals fighting alongside Russian forces. “It’s disturbing with the Chinese soldiers having been captured,”

The war in Ukraine is now partly a battle for the attention of the White House. In such circumstances, the capture of Chinese citizens on the battlefield is a boost to Kyiv and Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president. Mr Zelensky wasted little time in casting the men as proof that “one more” nation – China – had joined the war against his country.

President Donald Trump conceded today that there may be “transition problems” with his trade policies, but said his team is “working on deals” with multiple countries and expressed optimism that the US and China will reach a deal.

Editor’s note: On April 9th Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause “and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%” for most countries. At the same time, he announced that America’s tariff on Chinese imports would rise to 125%.

Trump has called for China and Russia to join the U.S.—the ... China rebuffed the proposal, advising Washington to put into practice "America First" when it comes to arms reduction.

As U.S. experts head to Myanmar to assist in recovery from the Southeast Asia earthquake, teams from China are filling the void.

China said it would not bow to "blackmail" from the United States as a global trade war touched off by U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs showed little sign of abating on Tuesday even as battered stock markets steadied.