2026 Issue 36

President Trump hosts Xi Jinping for a State Visit to the White House and has the US Army Chorus sing the Hong Kong protest anthem song as the evening’s entertainment while CCP officials look on nervously.  The two leaders agreed to extend their trade truce for two months, which is likely much shorter than what Xi Jinping would have wanted.

The Chinese Communist Party is exploiting subnational divisions in Canada to gain greater access to the arctic, while debates continue about the effects of Xi Jinping’s purge of military leaders.

New evidence is available that the PRC and Iran are now waging sophisticated AI influence campaigns with Chinese AI models as they seek to shape public opinion outside their countries to support their policies.

The New York Times reports on how the PRC failed to fulfill its commitments to purchase U.S. agricultural goods, endangering the continuation of a trade truce between the two countries as it becomes clear that Beijing is unwilling to hold up its end of the bargain.