Tag: Trump-Xi summit
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Rapid Response: Trump–Xi Summit Closes With No Public Word on Prisoners; Tariff Truce Extended to January 2027
Updated September 30: Trump said political-prisoner releases were discussed with Xi. No named prisoners, release commitments, or outcomes were publicly reported.
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DC Protest Day Closes: Franklin Park Vigil Held, Embassy Blocked, State-Dinner Chants Heard at White House
Washington’s September 24 protest day ended with a Franklin Park vigil, chants audible at the White House and competing demonstrations around Xi Jinping’s visit.
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ACLJ Urges Trump to Press Xi for Pastor John Cao’s Passport as Stage-4 Cancer Spreads
Pastor John Cao says five passport applications have failed as advocates urge Beijing to let the U.S. permanent resident return for late-stage cancer treatment.
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CECC “Faces of Repression” Hearing Puts Pastor Jin Mingri, Falun Gong and Uyghur Witnesses on the Record Before Xi’s Visit
VERIFIED FACT: One day before Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) held its hearing “The Faces of Repression: Prisoners, Families, and Communities Targeted by the CCP” in the Hart Senate Office Building…
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Rapid Response: White House Summit Readout Omits Political Prisoners After Week of Advocacy Push
VERIFIED FACT: The White House released its official readout of President Donald Trump’s bilateral meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on September 24, 2026, and it contains no mention of political prisoners, detained Americans,…
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International Press Institute Urges Trump to Make Jimmy Lai’s Release a Summit Priority
WASHINGTON, September 24, 2026 — The International Press Institute (IPI) has called on U.S. President Donald Trump to press for the release of imprisoned British-Hong Kong journalist and businessman Jimmy Lai when he meets Chinese President Xi Jinping…
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Protesters Greet Xi on Arrival in Washington: “Down with the Communist Party!” Outside Hotel
WASHINGTON, September 24, 2026 — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday evening to begin a three-day state visit and was met by anti-Communist Party protests outside the Waldorf Astoria Hotel where he is staying, with…
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CBS Reports Min Zin Held in MSS “Black Site” Without Charge; Wife Urges Trump to Press Xi
September 24, 2026 — Min Zin, the Myanmar-born U.S. scholar detained in China since June 3, is being held by China’s Ministry of State Security in a “Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location” (RSDL) — an undisclosed detention…
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Rapid Response: Senate Whip Durbin Urges Trump to Press Xi for Release of Five Political Prisoners
September 24, 2026 — U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) took to the Senate floor on September 22, 2026, urging President Donald Trump to use this week’s Washington summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to press Beijing…
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Beijing Jiaquan Church Pastors and Workers Reported Detained Days Before Xi’s Washington Visit
BEIJING/WASHINGTON, September 24, 2026 — Chinese authorities have detained multiple pastors and church workers from Beijing’s Jiaquan Church, an influential urban house-church network with more than two decades of ministry in the Chinese capital, according to first-hand reports…