Lieutenant General Sun Li-fang details Taiwan's defense plans against Chinese gray-zone operations and potential naval blockade threats from the PLA.

President Trump told reporters as he flew into Japan that he expects to have a trade agreement with China finalized by the end of his tour of Asia.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday talked up "high-level exchanges" in a call with Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi, hinting at a potential meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japan's new premier,

Their Iowa farm also grows corn and soybeans — crops that have been hit hard by the trade war with China — but cattle had been a bright spot so far in 2025. "This year, it is the one thing that is going to make any money for us,

President Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi on Thursday in an attempt to stop the trade war from escalating. Also, Trump terminated trade talks with Canada again after a TV ad played an audio of former President Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs.

General Romeo Brawner Jr. said the deployment of the Typhon missile system is part of efforts to boost the Philippines' defenses.

The world's largest goods and raw materials producer, China, has a commensurately large energy demand footprint, is the top global consumer of power and electricity, and is also the world's largest energy polluter.