{"id":335183,"date":"2026-04-16T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-china-testing-trump-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:00:46","slug":"is-china-testing-trump-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-china-testing-trump-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Is China testing Trump? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/xl4IBawh5o0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is China testing Trump? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xl4IBawh5o0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Beijing has tested Trump&#8217;s blockade, but not because it desparately needs the oil being carried out of the gulf. China expert Eyck Freymann says China is testing, probing the United States when its forces are stretched and its weapons stocks are running down.<\/p>\n<p>We interviewed Freymann, a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University and an expert on global energy policies and China. <\/p>\n<p>00:28 Malawi-flagged, China-owned &quot;Rich Starry&quot; tanker&#8217;s movements in the Strait of Hormuz<br \/>\n01:10 China is testing the Trump administration&#8217;s resolve and capabilities ahead of the Beijing summit meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping<br \/>\n02:24 US&#8217;s Hormuz blockade and Iran war a probing exercise for China<br \/>\n05:57 Graphic: Oil transported through the Strait of Hormuz by destination country<br \/>\n06:20 China in the short run insulated by strategic oil reserves<br \/>\n08:00 How the Iran war and Hormuz blockade could impact the Chinese the economy? And does China care?<br \/>\n09:15 Will US President Donald Trump get &quot;a big, fat hug&quot; from Xi Jinping in Beijing?<br \/>\n11:15 Will China stop selling weapons to Iran?<br \/>\n12:25 China&#8217;s long-term strategy hinges on dominance in the Indo-Pacific and regaining control over Taiwan<br \/>\n14:06 Trump&#8217;s tariffs ineffective against China<br \/>\n15:45 What&#8217;s China&#8217;s ideal scenario for the Gulf region?<\/p>\n<p>#dwnews #straitofhormuz #china <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beijing has tested Trump&#8217;s blockade, but not because it desparately needs the oil being carried out of the gulf. China expert Eyck Freymann says China is testing, probing the United States when its forces are stretched and its weapons stocks are running down. We interviewed Freymann, a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University and an expert [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":335184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[133220,134255,129377],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-335183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-beijing","tag-tested","tag-trumps"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is China testing Trump? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Is China testing Trump? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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