US-China relations
Trump confirms delay of Beijing meeting with Xi amid Iran conflict
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US President Donald Trump has confirmed a delay to his planned trip to Beijing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, due to the escalating US-Israel war with Iran. The visit, originally scheduled for March 31 to April 2, has been postponed by five or six weeks. Trump stated that China is fine with the delay and relations remain strong.
Chinese political scientist Zheng Yongnian has warned Southeast Asian nations not to assume US backing or leverage US-China tensions for their own gains, as such a strategy could backfire. Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) face a delicate balancing act between the US and China, its largest trading partner, amid ramped-up naval presence by both Beijing and Washington in the South China Sea.
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Renowned forensic scientist Henry C. Lee passed away on Friday at his home in Henderson, Nevada. He was 87. His family and the University of New Haven, where he taught for more than 50 years, announced the news.