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Xi rebuffed Trump plea to talk with Takaichi, report says
U.S. President Donald Trump pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping to roll back Beijing's export restrictions on Japan, including on rare earths, and to hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi when the two met in Washington last month. The…
U.S. and China release $60 billion tariff cut lists
The United States and China on Monday released reciprocal lists of products totaling roughly $60 billion in trade that will receive reduced tariffs, delivering one of the most concrete outcomes from Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington last…
Xi urges Trump to formally oppose Taiwan independence
Chinese President Xi Jinping used his first White House summit with Donald Trump on Thursday to deliver his most explicit demand yet that the United States formally "oppose" Taiwan independence, escalating Beijing's pressure on a issue it considers its brightest…
U.S. and China extend trade truce through January 10
The United States and China agreed Wednesday to extend their trade truce through January 10, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced, as Chinese President Xi Jinping touched down in Washington for a three-day state visit.
Trump greets Xi on tarmac in rare personal welcome
President Donald Trump broke with protocol on Wednesday, traveling to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland to personally greet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the tarmac as the Chinese leader arrived for a three-day state visit to Washington. The gesture, described…
Trump to greet Xi on tarmac as high-stakes state visit begins
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Washington on Wednesday evening for a three-day state visit, where U.S. President Donald Trump plans to greet him personally on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews — an unusual gesture that…
Investors deepen cross-border AI bets ahead of Xi-Trump summit
As the United States and China race to build separate artificial intelligence supply chains, investors in both countries are quietly maintaining — and even deepening — their financial ties across the divide. The cross-border capital flows come into focus this…
Yuan hits 3.5-year high as PBOC signals goodwill before Trump-Xi summit
China's yuan climbed to a 3.5-year high against the dollar on Tuesday as the People's Bank of China set a firmer daily fixing for the 10th consecutive session, the longest such streak since late 2023, in what analysts describe as…
Taiwan arms sale looms over Trump-Xi summit this week
A proposed $14 billion U.S. arms package to Taiwan is emerging as one of the most sensitive issues ahead of a summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on September 24. Beijing is…
Bitcoin surges to 8-month high as falling oil eases yields
Bitcoin climbed to its highest level since late January on Monday, briefly touching $85,248 as falling oil prices eased pressure on government bond yields and revived appetite for riskier assets across global markets. The move extended a rally that began…
Xi heads to Washington with AI gains but a deepening economic crisis
As Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares to arrive in Washington on September 24 for his first White House visit in over a decade, the trip is being framed by a stark contradiction: China's rapid advances in artificial intelligence stand against…
Xi Jinping health rumors swirl after early BRICS departure
Unverified claims about Chinese President Xi Jinping's health have swept across social media this week after he skipped a gala dinner at the BRICS summit in New Delhi and returned to China earlier than expected, prompting official pushback from both…
Yuan hits four-year high as PBOC guides currency up before Trump-Xi summit
The offshore yuan climbed to its strongest level since July 2022 on Friday, reaching 6.6957 per dollar, as the People's Bank of China strengthened its daily currency fixing for an eighth consecutive session — the longest such streak since 2023.…
US delays excess capacity tariffs until after Trump-Xi summit
The Trump administration is expected to postpone announcing new tariffs tied to trading partners' excess manufacturing capacity until after next week's summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter.
PBOC strengthens yuan fix for fifth straight day ahead of Trump-Xi summit
China's central bank guided the yuan higher for a fifth consecutive session on Tuesday, sending the clearest signal yet that Beijing wants currency stability ahead of a closely watched meeting between President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump later this…
Modi warns against weaponizing critical minerals at BRICS summit in New Delhi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday cautioned that the "weaponization of technology and critical minerals" could undermine global development, delivering the warning at the BRICS summit in New Delhi with Chinese President Xi Jinping seated alongside him — a…
China warns G20 row could threaten Xi-Trump summit
Beijing has pushed back against Washington's framing of the G20 finance ministers' meeting, warning that U.S. accusations over China's role in blocking a joint communiqué could damage bilateral relations ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's planned visit to the White…
Xi, Sisi hold Cairo talks to deepen China-Egypt ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo on Wednesday, as the two leaders moved to expand their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during Xi's first visit to Egypt in a decade. The visit, which began…
Xi urges ‘universal security’ at SCO summit in Bishkek
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to prioritize security and "foster an environment of universal security" on Tuesday, delivering speeches at the bloc's 26th summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, as leaders from across Eurasia gathered to mark the…
Trump says he’d be ‘disappointed’ if China arms Iran
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would be "quite disappointed" if China PDD Holdings Inc. supplied weapons to Iran, responding to a Reuters report that Tehran is expected to receive a first shipment of up to 400 Chinese-made shoulder-fired air-defense…
Moonshot’s Kimi K3 launch sparks AI stock selloff in Hong Kong
Chinese artificial intelligence startup Moonshot unveiled Kimi K3 on Friday, a 2.8 trillion-parameter model it described as the world's largest open-weight AI system, sending shares of rival AI companies tumbling in Hong Kong and adding to weeks of pressure on…
Xi calls AI a ‘symphony,’ not a ‘solo’ at Shanghai conference
Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first-ever appearance at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Thursday, delivering a keynote address that called for international AI cooperation and warned against any single country dominating the technology.
China-US trade rebounds in Q2 after first-quarter slump
China-US goods trade totaled 2 trillion yuan ($294.1 billion) in the first half of 2026, with second-quarter trade growing 13.7 percent year-on-year after an 18.7 percent slump in the first quarter, according to data released Tuesday by the General Administration…
China strips generals, ex-regulator of lawmaker posts
China on Friday stripped six senior People's Liberation Army officers, former financial regulator Li Yunze, and Politburo member Ma Xingrui of their seats in the National People's Congress, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The NPC Standing Committee's notice provided no…
Taiwan says China deployed 100-plus vessels after Trump-Xi summit
Taiwan's National Security Council chief Joseph Wu said Saturday that China has deployed more than 100 navy, coast guard, and other vessels across regional waters in what marks one of Beijing's largest maritime shows of force in recent memory, raising…
Xi and Putin condemn Golden Dome at Beijing summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin used a high-profile summit in Beijing on Wednesday to jointly condemn the United States' Golden Dome missile defense program, calling it "an obvious threat to strategic stability" and warning that it…
Putin hails ‘unprecedented’ Russia-China ties in Beijing talks with Xi
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday, hailing relations between the two countries as having reached an "unprecedentedly high level" and calling for a more balanced…
Trump calls Takaichi from Air Force One after China summit
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Donald Trump reaffirmed an "unwavering" bilateral alliance in a phone call on Thursday evening, according to a readout from the Japanese Prime Minister's Office, as Trump flew home from a three-day summit with…
US allies forge closer China ties as Trump wraps Beijing summit
As President Donald Trump concluded a two-day state visit to Beijing this week, a parallel trend has drawn scrutiny from foreign policy analysts: several of Washington's closest allies have been independently building stronger trade and diplomatic relationships with China, driven…
Trump leaves Beijing without Iran breakthrough after two-day Xi summit
President Donald Trump departed Beijing on Friday after more than 40 hours of talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, claiming the two leaders had found common ground on Iran's nuclear ambitions and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz —…