<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Rebecca Choong Wilkins - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rebecca Choong Wilkins - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AT8YdRfOdJk/rebecca-choong-wilkins</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Rebecca Choong Wilkins - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AT8YdRfOdJk/rebecca-choong-wilkins</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:08:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2026 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AT8YdRfOdJk/rebecca-choong-wilkins.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Xi Gains Global Weight Just by Not Being Trump]]></title><description><![CDATA[The rush of visitors to Beijing underscores a growing expectation that the Chinese leader should play a bigger global role.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-17/xi-courts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-17/xi-courts</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Choong Wilkins]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:59:44 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8IutL3sXdZA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8IutL3sXdZA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>President Xi Jinping meets with Vietnam&apos;s President To Lam in Beijing, on April 15.  Photographer: VCG/Visual China Group/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xi Welcomes Slew of World Leaders as Trump Fights Allies]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-17/xi-welcomes-slew-of-world-leaders-as-trump-fights-with-allies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-17/xi-welcomes-slew-of-world-leaders-as-trump-fights-with-allies</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Choong Wilkins]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:40:23 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/inONVzfv5pUs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/inONVzfv5pUs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Xi Jinping Photographer: Ton Molina/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xi's $270 Billion Middle East Bet Limits China Support for Iran]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-10/xi-s-270-billion-middle-east-bet-limits-china-support-for-iran</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-10/xi-s-270-billion-middle-east-bet-limits-china-support-for-iran</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:45:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/igSUVt1K1DWM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/igSUVt1K1DWM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The South Sabah Al-Ahmad New City project, by the China State Construction Engineering Corporation, in Kuwait in 2025.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian Nations Jockey for Leverage to Re-Open Hormuz Strait]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-02/asian-nations-jockey-for-leverage-to-re-open-strait-of-hormuz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-02/asian-nations-jockey-for-leverage-to-re-open-strait-of-hormuz</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alastair Gale]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:30:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[China, Russia Driving Autocratic Shift Around World, Report Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-17/china-russia-driving-autocratic-shift-around-world-report-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-17/china-russia-driving-autocratic-shift-around-world-report-says</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iig0CGXG3wQQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iig0CGXG3wQQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>TOPSHOT - In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia&apos;s President Vladimir Putin and China&apos;s President Xi Jinping shake hands during a signing ceremony following their talks in Beijing on May 16, 2024. (Photo by Sergei BOBYLYOV / POOL / AFP) / ** Editor&apos;s note : this image is distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik ** (Photo by SERGEI BOBYLYOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Scores a Week of Wins in Its US Standoff]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-12/china-scores-a-week-of-wins-in-its-us-standoff</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-12/china-scores-a-week-of-wins-in-its-us-standoff</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Choong Wilkins]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:00:49 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVYNiIiiQze8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVYNiIiiQze8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>US and Chinese flags in the entrance during trade talks at Lancaster House in London, UK, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Talks between the US and China extended later into their second day in London, with financial markets on edge as the world’s largest economies negotiate over key tech and industrial exports and deescalating their trade war. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dollar’s Dominance Is Unwinding in Asia]]></title><description><![CDATA[On today’s Big Take Asia podcast: What an unwinding of the dollar’s dominance in Asia could mean for the region’s markets.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-27/why-us-dollar-is-facing-a-confidence-crisis-in-asia-podcast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-27/why-us-dollar-is-facing-a-confidence-crisis-in-asia-podcast</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Weaver]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 22:00:15 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ik6QTxVMQGEg/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ik6QTxVMQGEg/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A dealer counts US dollars at a money exchange market. Photographer: Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asia’s $7.5 Trillion Bet on US Assets Is Suddenly Unraveling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump’s policies are turning US markets from a haven into a source of volatility and pain. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-05-27/asia-s-sell-america-moment-threatens-7-5-trillion-bet-on-us-dollar-assets</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-05-27/asia-s-sell-america-moment-threatens-7-5-trillion-bet-on-us-dollar-assets</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth Carson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 21:00:16 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iE0Y3MuVWFpA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iE0Y3MuVWFpA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Gives EU Business Groups High-Level Meetings]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-20/china-gives-eu-business-groups-high-level-meetings-to-boost-ties</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-20/china-gives-eu-business-groups-high-level-meetings-to-boost-ties</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 04:30:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why India and Pakistan Almost Went to War]]></title><description><![CDATA[On today’s Big Take Asia podcast: The increasingly intense conflict between India and Pakistan took a deadly turn in the last few weeks. Then the US surprised everyone by getting involved.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/the-india-pakistan-crisis-and-the-trump-truce</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/the-india-pakistan-crisis-and-the-trump-truce</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Choong Wilkins]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 21:27:38 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iftNlMsPo7R8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iftNlMsPo7R8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A boy surveys the remains of their damaged house following cross-border shelling between Pakistani and Indian forces in Salamabad uri village on May 8. Photographer: Basit Zargar/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Team Behind Hong Kong’s Yardbird Opens New Izakaya Always Joy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The restaurant offers modern Japanese cuisine with a Cantonese influence.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-10/hong-kong-restaurant-review-yardbird-team-opens-new-izakaya-always-joy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-10/hong-kong-restaurant-review-yardbird-team-opens-new-izakaya-always-joy</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Choong Wilkins]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idna7JRizdaA/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.png" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idna7JRizdaA/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.png"/><media:description>Just down the road from Yardbird: Always Joy.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s First Trade Pact Offers Faint Glimpse on Art of the Deal]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-09/trump-tariffs-first-trade-pact-offers-faint-glimpse-on-art-of-the-deal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-09/trump-tariffs-first-trade-pact-offers-faint-glimpse-on-art-of-the-deal</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alastair Gale]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 13:29:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ik4MqC4f26kI/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ik4MqC4f26kI/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hong Kong’s Plunging Borrowing Rates May Lift Property Market]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-08/hong-kong-s-falling-borrowing-rates-may-boost-slumping-property-market</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-08/hong-kong-s-falling-borrowing-rates-may-boost-slumping-property-market</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Frost]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 04:10:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iCu.ow61eTKc/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iCu.ow61eTKc/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Buildings in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. The chill in Hong Kong&apos;s housing market is prompting owners of luxury homes to rent out their properties instead of selling. Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xi Fortifies China Economy Before First Trade Talks With US]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-07/xi-fortifies-china-s-economy-before-first-talks-on-trade-with-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-07/xi-fortifies-china-s-economy-before-first-talks-on-trade-with-us</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 10:38:06 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iWDfwIsWjC98/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iWDfwIsWjC98/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xi Promotes His Vision of Waning US Influence]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-07/china-s-xi-jinping-presses-home-vision-of-waning-us-influence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-07/china-s-xi-jinping-presses-home-vision-of-waning-us-influence</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Choong Wilkins]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ib2Ic01rxrIw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ib2Ic01rxrIw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 9: U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China&apos;s President Xi Jinping on November 9, 2017 in Beijing, China. Trump is on a 10-day trip to Asia. (Photo by Thomas Peter-Pool/Getty Images) Photographer: Pool/Getty Images AsiaPac</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xi Heads to Russia on Mission to Weaken US on World Stage]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/xi-visits-moscow-to-strengthen-china-russia-ties-amid-us-trade-war</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/xi-visits-moscow-to-strengthen-china-russia-ties-amid-us-trade-war</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 12:00:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Even Talking About US-China Talks Is Progress]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-02/china-signals-it-might-be-ready-to-talk-to-trump-on-tariffs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-02/china-signals-it-might-be-ready-to-talk-to-trump-on-tariffs</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Choong Wilkins]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 09:59:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBVJpElPdYRU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBVJpElPdYRU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The HMM Aquamarine container ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, US, on Monday, April 28, 2025. Since the US raised levies on China to 145% in early April, cargo shipments have plummeted, perhaps by as much as 60%, according to one estimate. Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[China’s Economic Protests Spiked to Record Ahead of Tariff Shock]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-17/china-s-economic-protests-spiked-to-record-ahead-of-tariff-shock</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-17/china-s-economic-protests-spiked-to-record-ahead-of-tariff-shock</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Choong Wilkins]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 07:53:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Hints at Reasons for Rare Entry Denial to British MP]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-15/hong-kong-hints-at-reasons-for-rare-entry-denial-to-british-mp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-15/hong-kong-hints-at-reasons-for-rare-entry-denial-to-british-mp</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Choong Wilkins]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 07:18:42 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/inZl5S20_lN0/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/inZl5S20_lN0/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Wera Hobhouse</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump-Xi Truce Appears Elusive as China Prepares to Dig In]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-11/trump-xi-truce-appears-elusive-as-china-prepares-to-dig-in</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-11/trump-xi-truce-appears-elusive-as-china-prepares-to-dig-in</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:01:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGaeKkS_Hqbs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGaeKkS_Hqbs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Xi Jinping</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>