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A screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping attending a virtual meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden via video link, at a restaurant in Beijing, China November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

Biden Seeks To Build 'Floor' For China Relations in Xi Meeting

U.S. President Joe Biden hopes to limit the deterioration of ties with China when he meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping next week. Still, he will be honest about U.S. concerns, including over Taiwan and…

10 November 2022

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China November 4, 2022. Kay Nietfeld/Pool via REUTERS

Xi Tells Scholz Political Trust Easy To Destroy, Hard To Rebuild

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the first G7 leader to visit China since the COVID pandemic began, warning of the ease with which mutual political trust…

04 November 2022

FILE - New members of the Politburo Standing Committee, front to back, President Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, and Li Xi arrive at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 23, 2022. The world faces the prospect of more tension with China over trade, security and human rights after Xi Jinping awarded himself a third five-year term on Oct. 23, 2022 as leader of the ruling Communist Party. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

World Faces Tension With China Under Xi Jinping’s Third Term

The world faces the prospect of more tension with China over trade, security, and human rights after Xi Jinping, the country’s most powerful leader in decades, awarded himself another term as leader…

AP 24 October 2022

New Politburo Standing Committee members Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang and Li Xi meet the media following the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 23, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

China's Xi Clinches Third Term, Packs Leadership with Loyalists

China's Xi Jinping secured a precedent-breaking third leadership term on Sunday and introduced a new top governing body stacked with loyalists, cementing his place as the country's most powerful…

23 October 2022

Former Chinese president Hu Jintao leaves his seat next to Chinese President Xi Jinping during the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 22, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Chinese Ex-President Hu Jintao Escorted out of Party Congress

Chinese former President Hu Jintao was unexpectedly escorted out of the closing ceremony of a congress of the ruling Communist Party on Saturday. Hu, 79, Xi Jinping's immediate predecessor, was…

22 October 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping leaves at the end of the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 22, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

China's Xi Further Cements Power as Party Congress Closes

China's ruling Communist Party wrapped up its twice-a-decade congress on Saturday, cementing Xi Jinping's iron grip on power and revealing a new Central Committee missing two key officials lacking…

22 October 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 16, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

China Defends 'Fighting Spirit' of Xi's Foreign Policy

China on Thursday defended its more assertive approach to the foreign policy taken under President Xi Jinping and said its diplomats will "dare to fight" despite criticism that its so-called Wolf…

20 October 2022

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, deputy secretary of the party's Committee for Discipline and Inspection Xiao Pei speaks at a press conference on the sidelines of the ongoing 20th Chinese Communist Party's National Congress in Beijing, Oct. 17, 2022. China's ruling Communist Party says it has probed almost 5 million members for possible corruption over the last decade, with formal criminal cases brought against 553. (Chen Jianli/Xinhua via AP)

China Party Says Nearly 5 Million Members Probed For Graft

China’s ruling Communist Party says it has investigated almost 5 million members for possible corruption over the last decade, with formal criminal cases brought against 553. Whether that will…

AP 17 October 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 16, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

China Will Never Renounce Right to Use Force over Taiwan, Xi Says

It is up to the Chinese people to resolve the Taiwan issue and China will never renounce the right to use force but will strive for a peaceful resolution, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday at the…

16 October 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping, former president Hu Jintao and Premier Li Keqiang arrive for the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 16, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

China's Xi Talks Up Security, Reiterates COVID Stance as Congress Opens

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for accelerating the building of a world-class military while touting the fight against COVID-19 as he kicked off a Communist Party Congress by focussing heavily…

16 October 2022

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