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Xi Jinping prepares to unveil China's stimulus plan as trade war heats up

Thousands of delegates including ministry chiefs and provincial leaders will gather Wednesday in Beijing for the parliamentary conclave

Donald Trump heads toward tariff barrage on Canada, Mexico, and China

The long-promised tariffs scheduled to take effect Tuesday would easily be among the most sweeping of the Trump era

China tech startups race to capitalise on DeepSeek fever, Xi's meeting

In the near-term, however, DeepSeek's AI breakthrough and this month's rare meeting between President Xi and tech business leaders have boosted investor sentiment

Michael Sheridan's book explores the Xi enigma and China's power dynamics

It is hard to shake the feeling that the book fails at multiple levels, principally because of the author's biases

Xi affirms 'no limits' partnership with Putin on Ukraine war anniversary

Xi has told Putin in recent years that the two have the chance to drive "changes the world has not seen in a century", which many analysts see as an attempt to challenge a US-led global order

China tech stocks surge as Xi's meeting fuels hopes of policy shift

Index heavyweight Alibaba surged 3.3 per cent to a near three-year high after state media CCTV showed Xi and Alibaba founder Jack Ma shaking hands at the meeting on Monday

Xi Jinping offers support to Jack Ma, other private sector leaders in China

Few China watchers expect the government to revert to its pre-2020 stance, even as it seeks to shore up the economy for a potential trade war with the US under President Donald Trump

Deepseek's promise in China comes with a workforce warning: Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs anticipates that by 2030, it estimated that AI-driven advancements could contribute an additional 0.2 to 0.3 percentage points to the expansion of China's economy

China's Xi attends symposium on private enterprises, meets biz leaders

Xi delivered a speech after listening to representatives of private companies

Xi Jinping, Jack Ma talks may act as next catalyst for China's tech rally

China is well aware that innovation is the key driver for productivity growth. Xi has continuously pushed for "new productive forces" amid the US curbs on high-end chips to China

Trump says he has spoken to China's Xi after taking office, adds no details

Trump said last week he was in no hurry to speak to Xi to try to defuse a new trade war between the world's two largest economies

Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend Moscow's Victory Day on May 9

The Kremlin said in December that it had invited "many countries" to attend the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, which Russians call the Great Patriotic War

Donald Trump in no hurry to talk to Xi Jinping amid new tariff war

China imposed targeted tariffs on US imports on Tuesday and put several companies, including Google, on notice for possible sanctions, in a measured response to Trump's tariffs

Xi Jinping's careful reply to Trump tariffs shows China has more to lose

China is being restrained because it "has more to lose," due to its huge trade imbalance with the US, according to Larry Hu, head of China economics at Macquarie Group Ltd

Trump plans to speak with Xi Jinping as deadline for China tariffs looms

China's reaction to Trump's initial tariff announcement - coming in the middle of a weeklong Lunar New Year holiday - was relatively muted

Just want level playing field: Trump condemns unfair trade ties with China

US President Donald Trump also criticised the Biden administration for allowing the trade deficit with China to go 'out of hand'

Jinping, Putin pledge to boost China-Russia ties in 2025 as Trump returns

Chinese President Xi Jinping, during a video conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin 'shared his hope for a flourishing China-Russia relationship in the year ahead'

Putin, Xi discuss 'multipolar global order' hours after Trump inauguration

Russian President Vladimir Putin had a call Tuesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, emphasising the two countries' close ties, a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US president. The two leaders have developed strong personal links that helped bring relations between Moscow and Beijing, growing even closer after Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022. China has become a major customer of Russian oil and gas and a source of key technologies amid sweeping Western sanctions on Moscow. In Tuesday's call with Xi, Putin emphasised that Russia-China relations are based on shared interests, equality and mutual benefits, noting that they don't depend on internal political factors and the current international environment. We jointly support the development of a more just multipolar global order and work to ensure indivisible security in Eurasia and the world as a whole, Putin told Xi in remarks carried by the Russian state TV. Joint efforts by Russia and China play an importan

Chinese President's envoy meets Vance, Musk on eve of Trump's inauguration

China's vice president held meetings with the US vice president-elect and US business leaders, including Elon Musk, in Washington on the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration, as the two major powers tackle ongoing tensions over trade and technology. Han Zheng, who serves as an envoy for Chinese President Xi Jinping at the inauguration, discussed a range of topics including fentanyl, balancing trade and regional stability with J D Vance, according to the Trump transition team. Han stressed the extensive common interests and enormous space of cooperation the United States and China share in economic and trade relations despite some disagreements and frictions, according to a readout of his meeting with Vance issued by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday. Trump has threatened to impose tariffs and other measures against China in his second term, while also hinting and ways in which the two rival powers could cooperate on issues such as regional conflicts and curbing the export of ...

Donald Trump says he had good call with China's Xi, discussed trade, TikTok

Earlier, the Chinese state media Xinhua reported that Xi and Trump spoke by phone on Friday, but did not provide any further detail