China has accused the US of "stirring up trouble" in the South China Sea in a fresh bid to stake claim to miles of international waters. Fu Cong, China's ambassador to the UN, this week launched into a series of attacks on America at the UN Security Council.

Trump received mostly negative ratings in a survey of 24 nations but few people had confidence in either Trump or Xi to do the right thing on world affairs.

The Trump administration is debating whether to allow a planned US stopover by Taiwan’s leader next week as concerns mount that it could derail trade talks with China and a potential summit with President Xi Jinping,

It is in China's interest for Russia's war in Ukraine to continue so America does not turn its full attention to Beijing's manoeuvres in the Indo-Pacific