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power 2026-05-13

China Did Not Fight in the Iran War. It May Have Won It Anyway.

The CFR and Times of India both say the same thing: Beijing watched the US burn through stockpiles, studied its weaknesses, and walked into the Trump summit holding a much stronger Taiwan hand than it had before the war started.

power 2026-05-11

Trump Flies to Beijing Thinking He Has Leverage. China Disagrees.

China's rare earths card turned the October trade truce into a template Beijing plans to repeat. The May 14 summit will reveal who actually blinks.