美国总统特朗普对中国的两天访问在上个星期五落幕。访问结束前，特朗普和中国国家主席习近平在中南海茶叙，并一同在媒体镜头前发言。

特朗普说，他与习近平达成了非常美好的贸易协议；两人也谈了伊朗，都觉得战争必须结束，伊朗不能拥有核武器，霍尔木兹海峡必须打开。中国方面则称，中美双方都赞成将“构建中美建设性战略稳定关系”作为中美关系的新定位。双方都表达了对这次峰会的肯定，但是彼此公布的具体协议其实寥寥可数。

该如何评价这次特朗普访华以及中美元首峰会的成果？中美各自得到了什么？

这期的早报播客《东谈西论》，听主持人韩咏红与中国清华大学战略与安全研究中心副研究员孙成昊详细解析，中美关系的下一步，会走向战略稳定，还是冷和平？

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• 王伟男、周文星：值得期待的中美关系新定位
• 陈婧：史上最富访华团收获了什么？

US President Donald Trump’s two-day visit to China ended with striking symbolism but few concrete results, leaving analysts divided over what was actually achieved. At Zhongnanhai in Beijing, Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a private meeting and exchanged warm remarks, with Xi describing a new vision of a “constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability”. Trump called the visit “very successful” and said the two sides had “signed a number of agreements”, although Chinese readouts gave little detail and some reported deals were still preliminary.

The leaders also discussed Iran, saying it could never obtain a nuclear weapon and that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open. But no public joint plan was released, and the China–US readouts offered no detailed, binding commitments. Meanwhile, tensions over technology, security and Taiwan remain unresolved, with Xi warning that mishandling the Taiwan issue could lead to conflict.

This episode of Global Heartbeat examines what Trump and Xi agreed, what was left unsaid, and how the visit fits into the wider China–US rivalry. Host Han Yonghong is joined by Dr Sun Chenghao, Senior Fellow and head of the US–EU programme at the Centre for International Security and Strategy (CISS), Tsinghua University, for analysis of the summit’s significance.

Hosted by Lianhe Zaobao’s Associate Editor, Han Yong Hong, Global Heartbeat is a Mandarin weekly news and current affairs podcast that is updated every Tuesday, 7.00 PM SGT. It is available on zaobao.sg, Apple Podcast, Spotify and other podcast platforms.