Beijing is said to face complex double-edged calculus amid contrasting approaches of American president and Washington establishment
3-MIN READ3-MINCao Jiaxuanin BeijingPublished: 7:30pm, 4 Jun 2026Soon after Donald Trump concluded a visit to China he hailed as a great success, America’s top diplomat joined his Indian, Japanese and Australian counterparts in New Delhi for a meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers on May 26 launched the Quad Critical Minerals Initiative Framework, a strategic push to curb global reliance on Beijing for rare earth elements. Member states are pooling up to US$20 billion for the mechanism.On the security front, the bloc that was formed nearly two decades ago to counter China’s rising prominence in the Indo-Pacific unveiled a maritime surveillance collaboration initiative to integrate the member states’ regional information sharing.
In addition, an energy security initiative was introduced to bolster regional fuel networks, alongside a pilot port infrastructure project in Fiji.
