China’s leader Xi Jinping has called Taiwan “the most important issue” in China-US relations during a phone call with US President Donald Trump. Xi told Trump to be “prudent” when supplying weapons to the island, state media report, adding that he attached “great importance” to ties with Washington and hoped both sides would find ways […]
South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung is meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping as he seeks to reset frayed ties with his country’s biggest trading partner. Regional security and Beijing’s unofficial ban on Korean pop culture are also on the agenda for Monday’s meeting, which is their second summit since November, when Xi visited South Korea. […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, for an inspection of epidemic control and prevention work on Tuesday, state news agency Xinhua reported. Xi will visit frontline medical workers, military officers, social workers, police, local residents and grassroots Communist Party cadres, according to state broadcaster CCTV. His trip comes […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised tax cuts and other forms of support for businesses as the government tries to alleviate the effects on the economy of the coronavirus outbreak, code-named COVID-19, that has infected tens of thousands of people and cordoned off entire regions. Scientists in China code-named the virus COVID-19 to mean CO-for […]
China is still determined to reform and wants to work with all parties to build an open world economy, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday, reiterating Beijing’s message amid a bitter trade war with Washington. Meeting UN Secretary-General António Guterres in Beijing ahead of a major China-Africa summit, Xi made no direct mention of […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held talks onWednesday at a regional summit in Indonesia, in what was only the second time the two leaders have met since taking power. The two leaders held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Asian-African Summit in Jakarta, according to Japanese officials, who did […]