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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he sees an end to the escalating trade dispute with China, after tit-for-tat retaliatory tariffs and threats that rattled markets. “China will take down its trade barriers because it is the right thing to do,” Trump said in a tweet. “Taxes will become reciprocal & deal will be made on Intellectual Property. Great future for both countries!” He added that he and China’s […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping are slated to hold a bilateral meeting when he visits China. According to Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for International Economic Affairs Manuel Antonio Teehankee, the meeting is slated on April 10. The President is slated to leave for China to attend the Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan province on April 9. “At the bilateral meeting, this may come up as well,” Teehankee said when asked if the South China […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa was due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday as he seeks economic support from a major partner that previously backed his ousted predecessor Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa, who received military training in China when he was a young liberation fighter decades ago, will be greeted by Xi at the colossal Great Hall of the People for his first state visit to Beijing since taking power. Mnangagwa […]
by Laurent Thomet Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was treated to a lavish welcome by Chinese President Xi Jinping during a secretive trip to Beijing as both sides seek to repair frayed ties ahead of landmark summits with Seoul and Washington. On his first trip abroad since taking power, Kim and his wife were met with honor guards and a banquet hosted by Xi, according to state […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets resumed their downward spiral on Wednesday following a sell-off on Wall Street, with technology firms tracking their US counterparts, while trade war fears continue to niggle at investor confidence. The volatility that has raked trading floors since the start of February shows no sign of abating as heavy, across-the-board selling followed Tuesday’s rally. Confirmation North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had visited Beijing this week to meet President […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping accepted an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit Pyongyang when they met for the first time in Beijing, the North’s state media said Wednesday. On behalf of the North’s ruling party and government, Kim invited Xi “to make an official visit to the DPRK at a convenient time and the invitation was accepted with pleasure,” KCNA reported, using the country’s official acronym. © Agence […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un told Chinese President Xi Jinping that it was his “solemn duty” to make Beijing his first overseas destination as he made his maiden foreign trip as leader, Pyongyang’s official news agency reported Wednesday. The relationship between the North and its key protector has soured in recent years, with China increasingly exasperated by its neighbor’s nuclear antics, and recently showed a new willingness to enforce United […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un told China’s President Xi Jinping his nuclear-armed regime was “committed to denuclearization,” the official Xinhua news agency said Wednesday, as he visited Pyongyang’s ally Beijing for the first time, ahead of proposed summits with Seoul and Washington. “The issue of denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula can be resolved, if South Korea and the United States respond to our efforts with goodwill, create an atmosphere of peace […]
I “stand ready to work with you” to “carry forward sustained” ties, Xi tells Philippine chief executive (Eagle News) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has extended his greetings to President Rodrigo Duterte, who will celebrate his 73rd birthday on March 28. In his letter, Xi also emphasized what he said was the “turnaround” in China-Philippines relations. “Our bilateral relations have enjoyed ongoing betterment and improvement and reaped productive outcomes, which brought tangible benefits to […]
by Laurent Thomet and Ryan McMorrow Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — President Xi Jinping delivered a blistering nationalist speech on Tuesday, warning against any attempts to split China and touting the country’s readiness to fight “the bloody battle” to regain its rightful place in the world. Xi’s address capped an annual session of the National People’s Congress that paved the way for him to rule for life, as China’s most powerful leader since […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday congratulated Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on his re-election, saying Beijing was willing to work with Moscow to bring ties to a “higher level.” Putin won in a landslide on Sunday, one day after China’s parliament unanimously re-appointed Xi to a second term. Xi has drawn a comparison with Putin as the Chinese leader has consolidated power and gained a path to indefinite rule after the […]
by Ryan Mcmorrow © Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Millions of Chinese public sector workers will be exposed to the harsh policing tactics of the Communist Party as President Xi Jinping brings his corruption crackdown to China’s sprawling bureaucracy. The campaign to clean up the party’s pervasive corruption has arguably been Xi’s most popular initiative, pressuring its 89 million members to toe the line — with more than 1.5 million officials punished in the […]
