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STONEZONE (Roger Stone) - President Trump Channels Richard Nixon, Not Bill Clinton, in Leverage with China Thu May 21 16:58:50 2026

In foreign policy, timing, leverage, and national interest must guide the strategy of engagement with rising powers. President Richard Nixon grasped this principle as well as any Chief Executive during his groundbreaking 1972 opening to China. President Bill Clinton, however, failed his test when he championed China’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Permanent […] The post President Trump Channels Richard Nixon, Not Bill Clinton, in Leverage with China appeared first on StoneZone .

In foreign policy, timing, leverage, and national interest must guide the strategy of engagement with rising powers. President Richard Nixon grasped this principle as well as any Chief Executive during his groundbreaking 1972 opening to China . President Bill Clinton, however, failed his test when he championed China’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) in 2000. President Donald Trump’s recent state visit to Beijing  revives the Nixonian tradition of pragmatic, interest-driven diplomacy with a foreign adversary—engaging from strength while delivering concrete American wins—while actively correcting the structural imbalances and strategic vulnerabilities created by the…Open

NEWSNATIONNOW (Meg Hilling) - Soybean farmers express cautious optimism over Chinese commitment Fri May 15 18:05:29 2026

“We just want to make sure that the commitments that they're saying they're going to, that they stick to," Scott Metzger said.

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Natalie Winters) - Don’t Trade Away America for Some Soybeans Sat Feb 14 05:23:47 2026

The cliché holds that China plans in decades while America plans in election cycles. Increasingly, though, our thinking seems to stop even sooner—around the length of a crop cycle. Not as an agricultural policy, but as a governing instinct. Soybeans are a solid proxy for how the United States deals with China: small, transactional, immediately […] The post Don’t Trade Away America for Some Soybeans appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs Don’t Trade Away America for Some Soybeans Beijing is playing the long game. Washington needs to do the same. (Frank Bach/Shutterstock) The cliché holds that China plans in decades while America plans in election cycles. Increasingly, though, our thinking seems to stop even sooner—around the length of a crop cycle. Not as an agricultural policy, but as a governing instinct. Soybeans are a solid proxy for how the United States deals with China: small, transactional, immediately legible “wins” pitched as strategic breakthroughs. A shipment resumes, a statistic ticks up, a headline declares progress. Meanwhile, Beijing quietly continues accumulating long-term advantages. Take the most recent “win.” China…Open