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Trump, Xi Plan State Visits Amid Taiwan, Ukraine Talks

Trump, Xi Plan State Visits Amid Taiwan, Ukraine Talks

Trump, Xi Plan State Visits Amid Taiwan, Ukraine Talks
Above: U.S. President Donald Trump in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30, 2025. Image credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

The Spin

Trump's diplomatic engagement with China creates dangerous breathing room for Beijing to escalate pressure on Taiwan and Japan while avoiding economic consequences. China is strategically redirecting aggression toward smaller allies after securing trade benefits from Washington, using the U.S. relationship as cover to intensify coercion campaigns and threaten regional stability through calculated escalation management.

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Metaculus Prediction

There is a 50% chance Xi Jinping will leave power in China by November 2031, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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