In an exclusive 60 Minutes interview with Norah O'Donnell, President Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping understands the consequences of taking military action against Taiwan.

U.S. President Donald Trump began his second term by signaling that talks with China to stop a deadly flow of fentanyl were fruitless and instead slapped 20% tariffs on Chinese goods to try to push Beijing to tackle trafficking of the synthetic opioid.

Defense secretary praises U.S.-China relations but says better communications needed to “deconflict and deescalate any problems that arise.”

U.S. and China reach historic trade agreement addressing fentanyl trafficking, rare earth exports and agricultural trade between the world's largest economies.

U.S. officials have long been concerned about the possibility of China using military force against Taiwan, the self-governing island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory.

Trump has said the U.S. will restart nuclear weapons testing, and accused other powers of doing the same already.

At a conclave of the Communist Party’s most senior officials that ended on October 23rd he warned that over the next five years the task of ensuring China’s development while maintaining its security would become “much harder” amid a “notable rise in uncertainties and unforeseen factors”.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth says he had a "positive" meeting with China’s defense chief Dong Jun as both sides agreed to open military channels to ease tensions.

China has agreed to allow the export of chips critical to auto production, averting widespread shutdowns that had been predicted by the industry.