BEIJING, China (AFP) – As President Xi Jinping led his US counterpart Donald Trump around Beijing’s Forbidden City on Wednesday, he made time to teach the American billionaire a bit of Chinese history. Trump has been given the red carpet treatment on his three-day state visit, beginning with a tour of the ancient imperial palace where he sipped tea with Xi and showed the Chinese leader a video of his granddaughter singing in Mandarin. Chinese […]
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Trump says trade surplus unfair, adds ‘I don’t blame China’
BEIJING, China (AFP) – US President Donald Trump decried his country’s “one-sided and unfair” trade deficit with Beijing on Thursday, but he told Chinese President Xi Jinping: “I don’t blame China.” At a signing ceremony for over $250 billion in US-Chinese business deals in Beijing, Trump said: “After all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the sake of its citizens?” However, he pointed the blame at […]
China signs $37 billion deal to buy 300 Boeing planes
BEIJING, China (AFP) – China signed a $37 billion agreement on Thursday to buy 300 airplanes from US airspace giant Boeing. The deal for the single-aisle and twin-aisle aircraft was among the $250 billion in agreements announced during US President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing. (Agence France-Presse)
Warmer US-China relations vowed as US President Trump meets China’s President Xi for the first time
(Eagle News) — United States President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping both promised greater cooperation and stronger friendship between the two countries when they met for the first time in Beijing, China. Xi and his first lady, warmly welcomed Trump who was with First Lady Melania Trump in Beijing. China’s sincere welcome for US President was marked with regal fluorish, rolling out the red carpet for Trump at the Forbidden City, […]
US, China sign $250 bn in business deals as Trump visits
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China and the United States announced more than $250 billion in business deals during US President Donald Trump’s state visit to Beijing on Thursday. The deals range from billions in Chinese soybean and aircraft imports to major projects like the development and export of liquified natural gas from Alaska. The signing of more than a dozen deals did little to quiet Trump’s complaints about China’s “unfair” trade practices. President Xi Jinping acknowledged there has […]
Trump urges China, Russia to act fast on N. Korea
(Agence France Presse) — US President Donald Trump urged China and Russia on Thursday to act fast to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis, warning that “time is quickly running out.” “We must act fast. And hopefully China will act faster and more effectively on this problem than anyone,” Trump said as he met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. Trump thanked Xi for his efforts to restrict trade with North Korea and cut […]
US carriers in rare Pacific op amid N. Korea tensions
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Three US aircraft carriers will stage joint drills in the western Pacific for the first time in a decade, the US Navy said Thursday, as tensions in the region over North Korea reach fever pitch. The USS Ronald Reagan, USS Nimitz and USS Theodore Roosevelt will conduct “coordinated operations in international waters,” the navy said, as US President Donald Trump’s high-stakes trip through Asia takes him to China. The operation shows Washington’s “ironclad […]
Emboldened Xi, weakened Trump face tough talks
by Laurent Thomet Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will put their professed friendship to the test Thursday as the least popular US president in decades and the newly empowered Chinese leader hold tough talks on trade and North Korea. Trump will be treated to more pomp and ceremony on the second day of his first state visit to China, the crucial stop in his 12-day, five-nation tour of Asia. The two […]
China’s Premier Li to talk with President Duterte, other PHL officials during 5-day official visit
CHINESE Premier Li Keqiang will hold talks with President Rodrigo Duterte and other Filipino officials during his five-day official visit to the Philippines for the ASEAN and East Asia Leaders’ Summit from November 12 to 16. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying also said that both Li and Duterte would also witness the signing of documents forging cooperation in relevant areas. Hua said political mutual trust between China and the Philippines has deepened since the […]
Andanar says APEC meeting to deepen regional cooperation, praises China’s Xi
The Philippines looks forward to deepening cooperation with China through the upcoming 25th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting, according to Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Communication Secretary Martin Andanar. During an interview with China Central Television (CCTV), Andanar said the Philippines regards China as a sincere cooperation partner in the economic field. “With respect to China’s policy in extending its economic foreign assistance to other countries that include the Philippines through the ‘One Belt, […]
President Duterte says he will bring up S. China Sea issue with China
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he would clarify with China its plans in the South China Sea. In a press conference prior to his departure for the Association of Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam on Wednesday, Duterte said that while he was grateful for China’s help in Marawi, it was “about time” he asked whether China wanted a controlled passage or a free passage in the area. “This is for […]
Trump lands in China for talks on North Korea’s ‘cruel dictatorship’
by Laurent Thomet with Jerome Cartillier in Seoul Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — US President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing Wednesday for the critical leg of his Asia tour to drum up an uncompromising, global front against the nuclear weapons ambitions of the “cruel dictatorship” in North Korea. Trump heaped more praise on Chinese President Xi Jinping before touching down in Beijing but he also used a speech in Seoul to urge China […]





