Senator Marco Rubio confirmed that President Donald Trump has been invited to visit China after a productive meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting on July 11.

Much of the reporting about both China and the region have now fallen victim to the same worldwide trend: The news is utterly dominated by the ever-changing spectacle of the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump claims the U.S. has "pretty much" reached a deal for the purchase of TikTok's U.S. assets, and negotiations with China are scheduled to start Monday or Tuesday.

The US and China need to pick up the pace of preparations if a leaders’ summit is to take place in the fall, according to an adviser to the Foreign Ministry in Beijing, drawing attention to the tight timeline facing the two countries in pursuing better ties.