Tokyo’s defence minister says preparation for medium-range, surface-to-air missile deployment on Yonaguni Island is ‘progressing steadily’.

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President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke over the phone on Monday about trade, the Russia-Ukraine war and travel plans.

How China gained control of 90% of rare-earth refining while the U.S. abandoned Mountain Pass mine, creating dangerous dependence on a strategic rival.

President Trump said he accepted an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit China in April and invited Xi to the US for a state visit.

Speculation on a Beijing trip comes as Britain’s PM said he would protect UK national interests after questions about engagement with China.

Workers operate at the track laying construction site of the Xiong'an-Shangqiu high-speed railway in Hejian city, north China's Hebei Province, September 1, 2025. Photo: Xinhua North China's Hebei Province will conduct forward-looking research on maglev trains and other future transportation modes between Beijing and Xiong'an in the next five years,

China claims the self-governing island of Taiwan as its own and hasn’t ruled out taking it by force. Beijing’s apoplectic response to Takaichi’s perceived intervention in China’s affairs has included intense personal attacks on the new prime minister, often linking her with the militarism that fueled Japan’s brutal conduct in World War II.