Lingling Wei 魏玲灵

Mama. @WSJ Chief China Correspondent. Author of award-winning “WSJ CHINA”newsletter. Coauthor w/@bobdavis187 of “Superpower Showdown."

[Philip Melanchthon Wegmann @PhilipWegmann]

“U.S. official later told The Wall Street Journal that the Trump administration has no plans to sell weapons to China.”
Story with @RobbieGramer.
https://t.co/30UF4MlMdL

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

@JosephTorigian @WSJ As always grateful for your expertise, Joseph!

[Joseph Torigian @JosephTorigian]

And thanks to @Lingling_Wei @WSJ for chatting with me about a remarkable week in US-China relations... even Xi's sartorial decisions seemed to suggest he wanted to use the moment to assert that China has arrived, and didn't need to change to achieve that.

https://t.co/V2Q8lojf6b

[What's Happening in China @happeningchina]

"For all the spectacle, the two men left the day much as they entered it—Trump celebrating a friendship, Xi conceding nothing about the system he came dressed to present."

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

Many readers asked us why Xi wore a Mao suit to the state banquet Trump held in his honor. This story is for you. Plus, who’re the 30-40 dinner guests asking for photographs? With @Kubota_Yoko @PhilipWegmann https://t.co/hIxko95JdT

[David Sacks @DavidMSacks1]

Probability that the Trump administration approves arms sales to Taiwan in 2026 just went down.

[Josh Lipsky @joshualipsky]

Xi confirming he will attend G20 in Miami is significant. Earlier this month most expected he wouldn't return to the US in December. Xi has skipped two of last three G20s (India & South Africa). Now a two month truce extension means Trump goes to APEC & Xi returns the favor.

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

@RobbieGramer Thank you, Comrade!

[Robbie Gramer @RobbieGramer]

"For all the talk of trade and steadier ties with Washington, Taiwan is the through-line of Xi’s ambitions."

great read on the Trump-Xi summit from my colleague @Lingling_Wei

https://t.co/oGvTWSq3Dp

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

Managed trade

[CNBC @CNBC]

Details on the U.S.-China trade negotiations are expected Monday, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told CNBC on Friday.

More details: https://t.co/zDywgDlTET

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

"The room gave off a musty smell—one familiar to anyone who has ever entered a Russian bureaucratic building. On the wall hung a poster of a smirking Putin in a suit and sunglasses along with the word 'Svoy,' meaning: One of our own. Through the window I could see the glowing white and red lights of a KFC," writes WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich.⁠
⁠
"The man in the suit, an investigator, in Russian law enforcement parlance, calmly told me he was charging me with espionage, a crime that carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. 'Do you understand what that means?' he asked.⁠
⁠
"I nodded. An odd sense of relief flooded through me. It's a feeling I've been trying to understand ever since.⁠
⁠
"'If there's anything you'd like to say,' the investigator continued, 'now would be a good time.'⁠
⁠
"I asked again to see the Journal's lawyers. The investigator got up and left me waiting with the agent and another who joined him. The agent who had checked my biography and I started talking. He seemed eager for the chance to speak with an American, especially one he believed to be a spy. I was curious to talk to an FSB agent—and to distract myself from thinking about what would come next.⁠
⁠
"He asked questions about life back home, complained that it took too long for the U.S. to come to the Soviet Union's aid in World War II, and asked whether I thought Ukraine could mount a successful counteroffensive against Russia's invading forces in the current war. Much of our conversation on that night in late March 2023 has been lost to the fog of shock, but one moment remains with me with absolute clarity.⁠
⁠
"'You can't step in the same river twice,' the agent told me deep into the night, as we were preparing to part. 'Your life will be completely different now.'"⁠
⁠
Read the exclusive excerpt from WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's new book: 🔗 https://t.co/xOrrx615SV

[Meridith McGraw @meridithmcgraw]

Iran Has a Secret Weapon in Its War With America: Help From China https://t.co/ts5WzDX0wQ via @WSJ

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

As I was writing this column, I kept coming back to what Taiwan itself felt like. I spent time there this summer, and what stayed with me wasn’t the politics but the texture of ordinary life. It’s a free, unshowy democracy holding to what it values.

https://t.co/hRkYqDVlOb

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

What’s at Stake for China Amid Trump-Xi Summit in Washington https://t.co/IXTc7cbUa5

[Paperboy @frontpagestoday]

"Trump and Xi Meet as Pomp Masks Tensions" — Wall Street Journal
By @RobbieGramer, @Lingling_Wei & @PhilipWegmann

@WSJ — Friday 25 September 🌎

Focuses on the contrast between elaborate ceremonial optics and underlying geopolitical friction across trade, artificial intelligence, and international security.

#Trump #Xi #China

[Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ]

Behind Summit Pageantry, Xi’s Eyes Were on Taiwan—The Chinese leader came to Washington looking for ways to sway Trump’s position on the island democracy
@Lingling_Wei
https://t.co/1U3yI38Abb
https://t.co/1U3yI38Abb

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

The most consequential move of the day might have come from Xi. During his meeting with Trump, Xi called on the U.S. to “adhere to the correct position of opposing Taiwan independence,” according to Xinhua. It is a pointed reminder that for Xi, the island, not trade, is the real prize. with @RobbieGramer @PhilipWegmann https://t.co/ecHZPzOCVm via @WSJ

[Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ]

See The High-Profile Guests Who Attended the Trump-Xi Dinner—Billionaire business leaders and U.S. officials attended the White House festivities
@chiquiesteban @meridithmcgraw
https://t.co/ZpZNrah7vA
https://t.co/ZpZNrah7vA

[Anne Flaherty @AnneKFlaherty]

2 giant pandas, 1 red carpet and not a whole lot more

What to take away from Trump’s big summit w China’s Xi

By @learyreports @alexbward @Lingling_Wei

https://t.co/cIkbDIqFiy

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

Per Xinhua: Xi called on the U.S. side to adhere to the correct position of "opposing Taiwan independence." Read our reporting on Xi's Taiwan gambit from earlier this week 👇

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

Beijing is courting Taiwan’s opposition—and quietly helped stage its leader’s landmark visit to the mainland—to pull the island into its orbit. Our latest in-depth reporting on Xi’s Taiwan gambit, with @joyuwang https://t.co/v2f2bqNA88