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China, Iran, and Taiwan: What’s at Stake in Trump’s Meeting with Xi

Michael Sobolik Hudson Institute
Michael Sobolik Hudson Institute
Senior Fellow
Michael Sobolik
News footage on a giant screen outside a shopping mall in Beijing shows China's President Xi Jinping speaking during an event with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Vietnam's President To Lam on April 15, 2026. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP via Getty Images)
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News footage on a giant screen outside a shopping mall in Beijing shows China's President Xi Jinping speaking on April 15, 2026. (Getty Images)

Michael Sobolik appears on Furthermore with Amanda Head to discuss President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to Beijing, the repercussions of the war in Iran on China’s oil supply, and China’s Middle East strategy. Sobolik says that in Beijing, Trump might want to discuss China's commitments to purchase US exports and the sale of advanced semiconductors to China. Taiwan, meanwhile, will be at the top of Xi Jinping’s agenda.