France’s Macron set to press Xi on trade, Ukraine
- 05-May-2024
China’s President Xi Jinping heads to Paris on Sunday for a rare visit, with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron set to press him to reduce trade imbalances and try to convince him to use his influence on Russia over the war in Ukraine. Neither aim will be easily fulfilled during Xi’s two-day stay in France, […]
Vladimir Putin to welcome Xi to Moscow under shadow of Ukraine war
- 20-Mar-2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin will expect Chinese President Xi Jinping to show solidarity against western hegemony when he arrives in Moscow on Monday, while Xi will present China as a global peacemaker intent on brokering an end to the Ukraine war. Xi will be the first world leader to shake Putin’s hand since the International […]
Joe Biden plans talks with China’s Xi soon, casts doubt on Pelosi Taiwan trip
- 21-Jul-2022
JOINT BASE ANDREWS: US President Joe Biden plans to speak with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, by the end of the month at a moment of simmering tensions between the countries over Taiwan and trade. “I think I’ll be talking to President Xi within the next 10 days,” Biden told reporters as he returned from […]
Biden and China’s Xi discuss avoiding conflict in call
- 10-Sep-2021
WASHINGTON/BEIJING: US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke for 90 minutes in their first talks in seven months on Thursday, discussing the need to avoid letting competition between the world’s two largest economies veer into conflict. After what was only the second call between the leaders since Biden took office, the US […]
China’s Xi takes dig at US in speech to political parties around world
- 07-Jul-2021
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged political parties worldwide to oppose any country that engages in “technology blockades”, an allusion to the United States which views China as its strategic competitor. As U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has sought support from like-minded democracies including the European Union and Japan to coordinate a tougher […]
PM Imran thanks China’s president on World Environment Day message
- 06-Jun-2021
We laud President Xi's leadership in combating climate change and biodiversity loss, the prime minister said.