2025-10-27 19:55:41
Trump dangles prospect of Mar-a-Lago visit for Xi (Lola Boom/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-dangles-return-china-xi-jinping-visit-to-the-us/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251027/p84#a251027p84
Trump dangles prospect of Mar-a-Lago visit for Xi (Lola Boom/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-dangles-return-china-xi-jinping-visit-to-the-us/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251027/p84#a251027p84
Chinese leader Xi Jinping,
who told Trump that Taiwan's "return to China" is a key part of Beijing's vision for the world order.
The call between Trump and Xi came weeks after the two leaders met in South Korea, where they agreed to a "framework" for a trade deal that has yet to be finalized
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-south-korea-spying.html
“You can check if there’s a backdoor.” What a knee slapper.
That Time When China’s Leader Joked About Espionage
Avant sa rencontre avec Donald Trump, Xi Jinping a opté pour la manière forte
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/10/29/avant-sa-rencontre-avec-donald-trump-xi-jinping-a-opte-p…
Xi Jinping joked about security backdoors when presenting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung with Xiaomi smartphones at APEC, amid US concerns about Huawei (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-03/xi-…
Trump Says Chips Ahoy to Xi Jinping (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/nvidia-chips-donald-trump-china-xi-jinping-artificial-intelligence-3c55080f?st=Kxxxax&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p36#a251211p36
President Xi Jinping highlighted China’s achievements in artificial intelligence and the chip industry
in a triumphant New Year’s Eve speech as he called for more confidence in the country’s development path in the year ahead.
“China has become one of the world’s fastest-rising economies in terms of innovative capacity,”
he declared in a televised address on Wednesday beamed to the nation’s 1.4 billion people,
in which he touted China’s achievements in large AI models …
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At APEC, Xi Jinping proposed a World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization for global AI regulation; state media says it could be based in Shanghai (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-xi-pushes-global-ai-body-apec-co…
So much happened over the weekend, so check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you might have missed, including
--Hackers who stole trove of sensitive UPenn data derides 'dog**** elitist institution',
--LLM giants are trying to stop indirect prompt injection attacks,
--Oz government warns of Cisco IOS XE flaws,
--Polish authorities probe cyberattack on online loan platform,
--Chinese President Xi Jinping joked about smar…
Mark Carney held talks with Xi Jinping on Friday during rare Beijing trip as Canada seeks to diversify trade links away from Trump’s America
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/16/china-canada-partnership-new-global-realities-carney-xi-jinping?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
President Trump says the US will allow Nvidia to ship H200 chips to "approved customers" in China and elsewhere, and that Xi Jinping "responded positively" (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/trump-nvidia-h200-sales-china.html…
Trump has directed the Pentagon to resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992.
He made the announcement just before meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss trade relations.
Dr. Ira Helfand, former president of Physicians for Social Responsibility and a leading campaigner against nuclear proliferation, says
the White House needs to “clarify” Trump’s intentions,
and urges countries to recommit to nuclear disarmament.
“This idea is di…
'Sometimes, you have to let them fight,' Trump says on Russia's war in Ukraine (Veronika Melkozerova/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-russia-war-in-ukraine-xi-jinping-china/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251030/p73#a251030p73
Confused Trump, 79, Asks How to Walk Off Stage (Janna Brancolini/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/confused-donal-dtrump-79-asks-how-to-walk-off-stage-during-meeting-with-chinas-xi-jinping/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251030/p67#a251030p67
Trump directs Pentagon to test nuclear weapons, just before meeting China’s Xi
Donald Trump on Thursday morning said he directed the Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons
“on an equal basis” with Russia and China,
-- abruptly inserting nuclear issues into the discussion just before meeting his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, for a high-stakes trade summit here.
The announcement signaled a reversal of decades of United States nuclear policy that could have far-re…
Sources: Trump decided not to discuss Nvidia's AI chip exports to China during his October 30 meeting with Xi Jinping following opposition from his top advisers (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/trump-nvid
Senate postpones confirmation hearing for Trump surgeon general pick after Casey Means goes into labor - US politics live (Lauren Gambino/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/oct/30/donald-trump-xi-jinping-meeting-live-updates
http://www.memeorandum.com/251030/p79#a251030p79
Jensen Huang says the US needs "finesse" to maintain its AI lead over China and Nvidia is an "awkward place" as President Trump meets Xi Jinping later this week (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
The text of Trump's October deal with Xi Jinping is still MIA (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/03/trump-china-trade-agreement-00705299
http://www.memeorandum.com/260103/p86#a260103p86
China emerges as US 'peer rival' at Xi Jinping-Donald Trump summit (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b505bd49-66bf-4848-9f6d-642c83a1c9b5
http://www.memeorandum.com/251031/p55#a251031p55