As President Trump takes part in a Beijing summit this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping, no issue will be more critical to Xi than Taiwan. Beijing has called Taiwan the core of China’s core interests, with reunification, even by force, the center of Xi’s agenda. In many ways, China and Taiwan are similar. They

Is the rise of a powerful new China a true narrative? – CBS News Watch CBS News As President Trump and China’s Xi Jinping prepare to meet, Americans will hear a lot about American decline and the rise of a powerful new China. The Chinese certainly believe it – but is it true? Tony Dokoupil

Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin said the department has no near-term plan to shut down Alligator Alcatraz, even as he acknowledged the soft-sided Florida immigration detention facility is vulnerable to natural disasters. “I don’t think we’ve said we’re shutting it down,” Mullin said. “That’s not been an announcement we’ve made.” The secretary told CBS

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called Taiwan “the most important issue” between his country and the U.S. About 10% of the population in Taiwan wants to reunify with mainland China, and there are real fears that it will fall under communist control. Tony Dokoupil and Anna Coren break down its importance to China and the

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet face-to-face for the first time on this trip at an elaborate welcome ceremony. The two-day visit is meant to signal stability to the world, showing that the competition between the U.S. and China is not escalating into confrontation. Weijia Jiang has more from Beijing. Original CBS