22 days ago · United States
The Chinese roots of ‘gung-ho’ as Trump and Xi look to shared history
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to United States. The first report grouped here was at 25 Sept 2026, 10:38 UTC. The headline in use is “The Chinese roots of ‘gung-ho’ as Trump and Xi look to shared history”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Chinese viewers watching Donald Trump welcome Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday may have been puzzled by the US president’s reference to the “Chinese phrase” gung-ho. Turning to Baidu – or increasingly, Doubao, the country’s most popular AI chatbot – they may well have asked: what Chinese expression…
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The Chinese roots of ‘gung-ho’ as Trump and Xi look to shared history
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