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Still in progress; have not transfered ByteDance/TikTok or other events yet
2025 December
2025-12-18 (for context) The U.S. announced an $11B arms package for Taiwan.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-14bn-taiwan-weapons-deal-043000067.html
SUB WALL https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/05/15/us-taiwan-weapons-deal-xi-jinping-donald-trump/
2026 April
2026-04-14 After Trump announced he’d place a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun said in a statement, “We have trade and energy agreements with Iran; we expect others not to interfere in our affairs. The Strait of Hormuz is open to us”.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/china-challenges-us-blockade-hormuz-1791549
2026-04-16 During an interview with Semafor, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) advocated for aggressive US action against Iran, saying that blocking oil shipments to China would be a “wonderful” outcome. (VERY LITTLE COVERAGE)
https://www.aol.com/articles/anthony-scaramucci-asks-ai-rick-140106268.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/anthony-scaramucci-asks-ai-rick-120106172.html
2019 STATEMENT https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2019/9/sen-rick-scott-chinas-investment-iran-proves-they-cant-be-trusted
PBS INTERVIEW/MULTIPLE TOPICS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufJ_fl_qgB0
2026-04-20 China published concerns that the U.S. will use the Strait of Malacca as a global trade chokepoint.
https://asiatimes.com/2026/04/us-has-left-malaccan-states-no-choice-but-to-charge-tolls/
2026 May
2026-05-05 The Associated Press won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on U.S. companies enabling surveillance and detention in China.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGYd6emyk-0&list=WL&index=2
2026-05-09 “Why is the U.S. pouring money and support to countries selling agricultural products to China?” In 2024 the U.S. obligated roughly $6.37M to Argentina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WObLO2hXP44&list=WL&index=3
2026-05-13 Trump met with President Xi Jinping in China to discuss trade and arms sales.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-xi-china-trip-arrival-353c768987542843e2033aa684266879
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/whats-at-stake-as-trump-heads-to-china-for-talks-with-xi
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/13/politics/live-news/trump-china-visit-arrival-ceremony-hnk
2026-05-14 China’s president Xi Jinping warned president Trump that the US and China could clash over issues with Taiwan.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/xi-tells-trump-u-s-and-china-could-clash-over-taiwan
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-china-visit-xi-meeting-hnk
2026-05-17 China committed to buy $17B in US farm goods each year from 2026 to 2028.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkxw7cbuYao&list=WL&index=1
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/china-agriculture/2026/05/17/id/1256557/