Sinicization on Display – President Trump Tours The Temple of Heaven with Chairman Xi Jinping May 14, 2026 | Sundance |

 

Sinicization on Display – President Trump Tours The Temple of Heaven with Chairman Xi Jinping

May 14, 2026 | Sundance |

Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping wanted to emphasize history and determination when he took President Donald Trump on a tour of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China.   The temple was used by Chinese Emperors in the Ming and Qing dynasties where the rulers would pray for abundant harvests, good weather and good fortune for the people of China.  Apparently, Chairman Xi wanted to send a message that rulers of China follow a mandate that is in alignment with spiritual divinity.

It is a rather ironic view of stewardship considering that religion is subject to strict government regulation in communist China. The Chinese government officially recognizes five religions: Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, Protestantism, and Daoism; however, the practice of each religion must follow communist rules and be in alignment with all CCP dictates.  Within China, this is known as “sinicization,” a requirement that all religious groups must adapt their beliefs and practices to align with Chinese culture and the Communist Party’s ideology.

The Temple of Heaven is near Tiananmen Square, and the most famous temple in Beijing.  Originally built along with the Forbidden City in the early 1400s the temple is also near the royal palace that President Trump and Chairman Xi toured with their spouses in 2017.  Video Below:

President Trump Visits the Temple of Heaven with the President of the People's Republic of China

The White House

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President Trump Arrives in Beijing for Strategically Significant Meeting with Chairman Xi May 13, 2026 | Sundance |

President Trump Arrives in Beijing for Strategically Significant Meeting with Chairman Xi

May 13, 2026 | Sundance |

The meeting is all business as the two apex economic leaders are scheduled to meet on a summit that is majority framed around finance, trade, AI and economics.  At its core, this summit between President Trump and Chairman Xi is about economic power.

Within the power dynamic of these types of high-stakes meetings, positioning plays a critical role. Chairman Xi Jinping did not attend the arrival ceremony and the meeting between Trump and Xi will not take place until Thursday. Chinese Vice President Han Zheng greeted Trump at the Beijing airport. US Ambassador to China David Purdue and China’s Ambassador to the US Xie Feng were also there to welcome him.

(Daily Mail) – […] The President’s Air Force One posse also included NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, who was scooped up on a refueling stop in Alaska, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Fox News host Sean Hannity and Rush Hour director Brett Ratner.

Trump’s arrival with a verified boardroom of CEOs, including Boeing’s Kelly Ortberg, Goldman Sachs’s David Solomon, GE Aerospace’s Larry Culp and others, signifies the full arsenal of American capitalist firepower touching down in communist China. The executives cover a large portion of US industries, ranging from tech, finance, banking and more.

As globalist trends fade and nations turn inward to provide for themselves in an increasingly self-isolating environment, the President’s choice to bring a group of hand-selected bosses underscores a pragmatic pivot to outsourcing some of America’s economic hurdles to private citizens while Trump engages with his ‘friend,’ Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The board of US businessmen arriving in Beijing with the President represents tens of trillions of dollars.

‘I will be asking President Xi, a Leader of extraordinary distinction, to ‘open up’ China so that these brilliant people can work their magic,’ Trump posted on social media while on Air Force One. ‘I will make that my very first request.’

While most state visits feature a cadre of diplomats, military leaders and agency heads, Trump has deliberately loaded up his presidential aircraft with dealmakers.

The CEOs are not there for show; rather, they are there to negotiate terms that fuel US and Chinese ambitions. (read more)

President Trump Attends Formal Greeting Ceremony in Beijing China – 10:00pm ET Livestream May 13, 2026 | Sundance |

 

President Trump Attends Formal Greeting Ceremony in Beijing China – 10:00pm ET Livestream

May 13, 2026 | Sundance |

President Trump will be participating in a formal greeting ceremony with Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping in Beijing China at 10:00am local, 10:00pm ET.

The event is being livestreamed.  Links Below:

President Trump Participates in a Greeting with the President of the People's Republic of China

The White House

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio Discusses Current Geopolitical Challenges During Beijing Trip May 14, 2026 | Sundance |

 

Secretary of State Marco Rubio Discusses Current Geopolitical Challenges During Beijing Trip

May 14, 2026 | Sundance |

Secretary of State Marco Rubio eloquently takes some geopolitical complexities and puts them into understandable terms.  During an interview aboard Airforce One en route to Beijing, Fox News pundit Sean Hannity asks some regional questions about high profile events.

Secretary Rubio accurately puts the perspective of Chinese interests into the context of current friction points between the USA and Iran.  WATCH:

Marco Rubio: We've made this VERY clear...

Fox News

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Webinar | Cuba Libre: The End of the Beginning of Xi’sUnraveling Colonization of Latin America? March 19, 2026

 

Webinar | Cuba Libre: The End of the Beginning of Xi’sUnraveling Colonization of Latin America?              

Published On: March 19, 2026

 

A CPDC WEBINAR

Cuba Libre:
The End of the Beginning of Xi’s Unraveling Colonization of Latin America?

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
1:00–2:30 p.m. ET

President Trump has made no secret of his ambition to “take Cuba” next. It’s hard to overstate the importance of such an initiative.

Obviously, freeing the long-suffering people of that island nation would end their collective nightmare caused by six decades of Communist misrule. Returning enterprising and industrious Cubans to the Free World would be a boon both to them and to the rest of us.

But it would also have profound knock-on effects for this country and its vital interests throughout the Western hemisphere.

For one thing, Cuba has provided a permanent base of operations for hostile powers including Russia, China and Iran. Their intelligence collection, espionage, cyberwarfare, naval visits and/or surreptitious deployments of offensive military equipment and forces are among the activities enabled by the Cuban regime.

Cuba’s collaboration with such adversaries has extended to nations elsewhere in the region, as well – subverting its democracies and, particularly through Chinese penetration and domination of nation after nation, empowering and weaponizing its many hard-left governments. Xi Jinping’s colonial Belt and Road Initiative has been facilitated by the presence and influence operations of Cuban intelligence and special forces personnel.

This CPDC webinar examines how freeing Cuba could transform hemispheric security – and ours – and, in the process, give fresh impetus to the unravelling of the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to dominate the region.

Moderator

• Frank Gaffney, President, Institute for the American Future; Vice Chairman, Committee on the Present Danger: China; Member, Victory Coalition; host, “Securing America”

Panelists:

• Capt. James Fanell, U.S. Navy, (Ret.), Former Chief of Intelligence and Information Operations, U.S. Pacific Fleet; Senior Fellow, Geneva Center or Security Policy; co-author, Embracing Communist China: America’s Greatest Strategic Failure
• Charles “Sam” Faddis, Career CIA clandestine operative; veteran, U.S. Army, author of, among other works, Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA; editor, AndMagazine.Substack.com
• Col. Sergio De La Pena, U.S. Army (Ret.), Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere, former Candidate for Governor of Virginia
• Hon. Francisco Tudela, Former Vice President, Foreign Minister and U.N. Ambassador of Peru
• Rick Clay, Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps and Army Reserve; geopolitical analyst; corporate executive; and former Senior Deputy Advisor and Principal Manager in support of Iraqi reconstruction