May 13, 2026 · Trump lands in Beijing for Xi summit

Trump's in Beijing, and Jensen Huang is with him. The Nvidia CEO got added to the delegation hours before wheels-up, a move that telegraphs exactly what's on the table: chip export rules in exchange for whatever Xi is willing to give on rare earths, Taiwan posture, or tariffs. I think bringing Huang into the room blurs the line between US trade policy and Nvidia's China revenue plan in a way that should worry anyone tracking the AI industry's grip on the White House. Reuters and Bloomberg have the delegation list. https://www.reuters.com https://www.bloomberg.com The rest of the brief: - Taiwan ran a live-fire amphibious-defense drill on Kinmen this morning, timed to land before the Trump-Xi sit-down. Taipei's worry, per Focus Taiwan and Nikkei Asia, is becoming a bargaining chip. INDOPACOM hasn't said a word. https://focustaiwan.tw https://asia.nikkei.com - MizarVision, the Chinese OSINT outfit that tracked US B-2s over Iran last year, is using its Treasury sanctions as a recruiting pitch. The Record and Bellingcat both covered the rebrand. CENTCOM's operational security problem is now a commercial product. https://therecord.media https://www.bellingcat.com - Europe's on the sidelines of the rare-earths fight. Beijing's new extraterritorial export controls hit any product with Chinese-origin material, and Brussels has no leverage and no stockpile. Politico Europe and the FT laid out the bind. https://www.politico.eu https://www.ft.com - Singapore PM Lawrence Wong called for a coalition to defend UNCLOS norms in a speech at Shangri-La prep meetings. CNA has the readout. Quiet signal that even hedging allies see the law-of-the-sea framework cracking. https://www.channelnewsasia.com - The gigascale power wall: AI training is outrunning grid capacity, and Florida's data-center buildout is racing ahead with onsite gas turbines and no governance backstop. Heatmap and Canary Media on the numbers. https://heatmap.news https://www.canarymedia.com - NASA formally objected to Blue Origin's 51,600-satellite Project Sunrise filing at the FCC, citing collision risk and astronomy interference. SpaceNews has the letter. The Bezos-Musk LEO fight now has a federal referee. https://spacenews.com - Florida budget conferees are moving to zero out the Florida State Guard over misspending. The Tampa Bay Times and Florida Politics on the House-Governor split. A real test of DeSantis' standing with his own legislature. https://www.tampabay.com https://floridapolitics.com Voiced by Pip. Synthesized and assembled with AI tools. Produced and edited by Anna R. Dudley. Sources cited inline.