Thursday Afternoon Breaking News Updates with Ben - 5/14/2026

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4.9 • 56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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0:00.0	This
0:01.2	follow the noise.
0:03.0	Bloomberg follows the money.
0:04.8	Whether it's the funds fueling AI or
0:06.9	crypto's trillion dollar swings.
0:08.9	There's a money side to every story.
0:11.4	Get the money side of the story.
0:13.5	Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com.
0:25.7	This is been on breaking news. I'm Ben Myceles and this is your breaking news.
0:29.1	Donald Trump's disastrous trip in China continues.
0:33.9	We've been covering all of the developments there.
0:36.9	I usually count wins by did you get something
0:41.0	out of a trip, out of a negotiation, out of a deal. And it seems that what Xi Jinping was getting
0:50.1	out of this were tangible things. Xi Jinping's plan for unification of Taiwan, as he refers to it as,
0:59.7	getting his hands on the H-200 GPU chips, those semiconductor chips that the United States
1:07.5	never previously gave China or anyone else for national security concerns.
1:13.5	China having the ability to protect itself as a global hegemon on par with the United States.
1:22.5	China setting bright lines about what can and can't be discussed. You shall not discuss the Taiwan issue,
1:30.8	except under our terms. Do not discuss with us or make any claims or demands about Jimmy Lay,
1:37.5	who's the pro-democracy Hong Kong media mogul who's imprisoned for over 20 years, who was leading pro-democracy movements and rallies
1:47.2	in Hong Kong. Donald Trump in 2024 promised as part of the campaign that Jimmy Lay would be
1:56.3	immediately, or lie would be immediately freed when Trump took office. He goes, I've got a great relationship with Ji Jing-Ping.
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