ABC, citing U.S. officials and another person familiar, reported President Trump is demanding Tehran put specific nuclear concessions in writing as part of a preliminary deal to break the long-running U.S.-Iran impasse. Sources said Iranian negotiators had previously given verbal assurances they would ultimately accept certain terms affecting Iran’s nuclear program; at a White House Situation Room meeting last Friday Trump judged those pledges insufficient.

CPCA secretary-general Cui Dongshu wrote that China’s traditional road tax system, tied to fuel consumption, now exhibits a clear structural imbalance and that a tax-system upgrade is imperative. He called for a new round of reform, saying tax policy should prioritize encouraging consumption and supporting livelihoods. Reform goals are to improve tax fairness, strengthen public infrastructure provision, stabilize aggregate consumption, and seek to avoid increasing ordinary households’ costs for private transport.

NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang recently warned Taiwan needs more electricity. Taiwan Affairs Office spokeswoman Zhu Fenglian said the ruling DPP lacks the will and capacity to resolve structural economic and social problems, that power shortages have become a weakness for Taiwan’s development, and accused the DPP of politicizing energy rather than addressing supply constraints.