Xi Jinping

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BEIJING - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will likely be eager to take advantage of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to Japan to flaunt his diplomatic clout, especially in an election year.But Abe will need to play a careful…

BEIJING - During a meeting Monday in Beijing, Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang discussed ways to deepen ties, stepping up arrangements for a possible visit to Japan by Chinese President Xi Jinping in…

BEIJING/BRUSSELS - China is struggling to ease worries about President Xi Jinping’s signature plan to build a new Silk Road as it readies for a major summit in late April, especially among Western nations wary about debt,…

It’s a tactic not seen since the dying days of World War II: desperate soldiers, sailors and pilots flinging themselves at their enemies in suicide attacks.But Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned of the return of the…

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday said talks with Beijing were making progress toward ending the trade war between the world’s two top economies, but he again stopped short of predicting success.“The China meeting was a…

The United States has decided not to send warships or senior military officers to celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy later this month, a snub by Washington as U.S.…

King Xi. That’s what U.S. President Donald Trump says he called Chinese leader Xi Jinping during the American president’s 2017 state visit to Beijing.Trump, speaking Tuesday at the National Republican Congressional Committee spring…

The Philippines has protested the presence of more than 200 Chinese vessels swarming near a Philippine-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea. Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said the Department of Foreign Affairs lodged…

BEIJING - Developed Western nations have long-term economic, technological and military advantages over China and the Communist Party has to realize that some people will use the West’s strong points to criticize socialism’s…

BEIJING - China said Wednesday that it has expelled former Interpol President Meng Hongwei from public office and the ruling Communist Party as he awaits trial on corruption charges.Meng was elected Interpol president in 2016, but…

PARIS - Chinese President Xi Jinping received the full honors of a formal reception during a state visit to France on Monday that included attending the signing of a multibillion-dollar deal between European aircraft maker Airbus…

PARIS - France and China planned to sign trade deals worth billions of euros on Monday during a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping but Paris will also take the opportunity to push back against Beijing’s “Belt and Road”…

MONACO - Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Monaco on the French Riviera Sunday, seeking to press ambitious commercial goals ahead of talks with France’s Emmanuel Macron, who is trying to forge a united European front to contend…

LYON, FRANCE - The wife of the former Chinese head of Interpol, who has had no news of him for nearly six months since his arrest in China, has asked French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the matter with counterpart Xi…

PARIS/ROME/MILAN - As he prepares to begin a three-day trip to France, Chinese President Xi Jinping said he is hoping to get France’s cooperation “in the framework of the ‘Belt and Road’ initiative.”In a letter published in the Le…

Rescuers in eastern China have pulled a survivor from rubble, two days after a massive explosion at a pesticide plant killed at least 64 people, flattening nearby buildings and shattering windows more than two kilometres away. Officials…

Japan and China have agreed to launch talks to facilitate cooperation on infrastructure development projects in third countries amid a recent thaw in bilateral relations, diplomatic sources said Friday.The inaugural meeting is…

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports could remain in place for a “substantial period,” dampening hopes that a new trade agreement would see them lifted soon.Top American trade…

China’s populist Global Times newspaper has used the Christchurch shooting on Friday as the basis of a scathing critique of Western civilisation — saying it shows we have major problems.In an editorial piece, the Communist…