November 2026

Trump, Putin and Xi plan historic joint meeting in China next week, White House says (LINK) 14 November 2026

US and China hold first Trade Board Meeting (ground news LINK) 13 November 2026

China extends suspensions of 24% tariff on US goods, port fees on US ships for two months (ground news LINK) 9 November 2026

China rejects allegations of spying on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: he admitted an affair with a woman identified as a suspected Chinese spy (ground news LINK) 9 November 2026

US President Donald Trump hopes to meet Putin and Xi in China next week to discuss "denuclearization" and how to end the Iran war (LINK) 8 November 2026

Nikkei: Secret feud ignited Xi Jinping's governance drive: warning was issued to Jiang Zemin in 2014, now disarray builds in the PLA (LINK paywalled audio) 5 November 2026

Hong Kong court sentences activist Joshua Wong to 10 years on national security charge (ground news LINK) 5 November 2026

China indicts ex-Politburo member Ma Xingrui for bribery (ground news LINK) 5 November 2026

China's fifth plenum moves to rein in Communist Party leaders below top level (LINK) 1 November 2026

— Key document endorsed by the Communist Party proposes stronger oversight of principal leaders below the central level, barring them from demanding personal allegiance from their leadership teams — a demand that is only for the top leaders. The proposal is part of a 17,000-word resolution approved at the fifth plenum of the 20th Central Committee, the full text of which was published by state news agency Xinhua on Sunday.