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China appoints new top trade negotiator amid tariff tensions with US

China appointed a new top international trade negotiator on Wednesday amid tariff tensions with the US. The government said that Li Chenggang has been appointed to replace Wang Shouwen, who participated in the trade negotiations for the 2020 trade deal between the China and the US. The world's two largest economies have been steadily increasing tariffs on each other's goods since the US raised tariffs on dozens of countries. China faces 145% taxes on exports to the US, while other countries were given a 90-day reprieve for most duties.

China: Xi Jinping ousts PLA's No 2 officer in biggest military shake-up

General He Weidong, the PLA's second-highest-ranking officer and CMC vice-chair, becomes the most senior military official purged in China since 1967

Xi Jinping calls for stronger China-Vietnam industrial ties amid trade war

Chinese President Xi Jinping has embarked on his first international trip to meet with leaders in Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia amid US trade war

Trump's tariffs against China major test for Xi's leadership: Ex-US envoy

The US' high tariffs on China will be a major test for President Xi Jinping's leadership amid the economic slowdown while the Trump administration's levies on Beijing could be far more effective if the US takes allies along, former US ambassador to China Nicholas Burns has said. US President Donald Trump slapped 145 per cent tariffs against Chinese exports and China retaliated with 125 per cent levies on its imports from America. China is the only country to have retaliated with tit-for-tat levies. Midway through his tariff campaign against a number of countries, Trump paused the additional duties on other nations for 90 days while imposing more punitive levies on China leaving Beijing to wage a lonely battle to defend its interests. "The tariff war with the US will be a major test for Xi Jinping simply because the Chinese economy has not performed well in the last few years. Their GDP growth rate is slowing down," Burns told BBC on Friday. They still have a major hangover from th

China's president removes 2nd top army leader in major anti-corruption move

General He Weidong was the second-highest officer in the PLA and also a top member of China's powerful Central Military Commission

Xi heads to Southeast Asia to rally support amid Trump's tariff offensive

As Trump intensifies tariffs on Chinese goods, Xi Jinping will visit Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia next week to strengthen regional alliances and counter US pressure

'Storms can't overturn sea': Xi Jinping's speech resurfaces amid trade war

A 2018 speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping goes viral as US and China implement tit-for-tat tariffs on one another

'Do not retaliate': White House warns as Trump slaps 125% tariffs on China

US imposes 125 per cent tariffs on all Chinese goods; China hits back with 84 per cent tariffs on all US imports, escalating trade tensions between the world's two largest economies

Trump compliments Xi Jinping, calls him 'a very smart man' amid tariff war

His remarks come amid the escalating tensions between two strong economies of the world. Trump on Wednesday (IST) raised China's reciprocal tariffs to 125 per cent

China says have 'ample policy tools' to deal with Trump's tariffs

Chinese Premier Li Qiang reiterated Beijing's optimism about its growth prospects in 2025, the world's second-largest economy, despite the recent tariffs from the US

China vows retaliation if US imposes additional 50% tariffs on its goods

China's statement comes a day after Donald Trump threatened Beijing with an additional 50 per cent tariff if it implements its 34 per cent retaliatory duties

Princeling under scanner: Why is China probing a former vice-premier's son?

Liu Tainran, son of former vice-premier Liu He, is being investigated by Chinese authorities over alleged financial misconduct linked to the Ant Group IPO collapse

Xi Jinping calls for 'dragon-elephant tango' on 75 years of Indo-China ties

In a message marking 75th anniversary of their bilateral relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed on partnership between India and China for mutual achievement and the need to do the dragon-elephant tango to serve their fundamental interests. Apart from President Xi's message to his counterpart Droupadi Murmu, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Prime Minister Narendra Modi too exchanged congratulatory messages to mark the occasion, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced here. In her message, Murmu said a stable, predictable and friendly bilateral relationship will benefit both countries and the world, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The development comes amid the efforts to reset the ties after over four years of freeze due to the eastern Ladakh military standoff. President Xi, in his message to Murmu, said China and India, both ancient civilisations, major developing countries and important members of the Global South, are at a critical stage of their respectiv

Bangladesh benefits from ties with China, want it to enter new phase: Yunus

Bangladesh interim government's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said it is important for his country to see China as a good friend and he expects ties between Dhaka and Beijing to enter a new phase as he wrapped up his four-day China visit on Saturday. Our relationship has been very strong over the years. Our business is very strong and we benefit from our collaboration with China, Yunus said. Hong Lei, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and also the Chief Protocol Officer of the Chinese President Xi Jinping, sees off Yunus on Saturday at the Beijing Capital International Airport at the conclusion of his historic four-day official visit to China, a post on X by Yunus' official handle said. Yunus was conferred an honorary doctorate degree by Peking University (PKU) here on Friday. The Chief Adviser met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and sought stepped up investments from China to revive Bangladesh's flagging economy, hit by political and economic crisis. It's very

Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Yunus meets Chinese President Xi Jinping

China has signalled its desire to expand ties with Dhaka in a changed Bangladesh scenario, a day ahead of the scheduled talks between Bangladesh's interim government chief Muhammad Yunus and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday in Hainan province, state-run BSS news agency reported. "President Xi Jinping attaches tremendous importance to your (Yunus') visit," BSS quoted Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang telling Yunus, hoping for the South Asian nation's prosperity under his interim administration. Ding said Beijing would extend full support to the Bangladesh government in terms of investment, trade and cultural ties, and people to people exchanges as they mark 50 years since the establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties. Yunus arrived in China on Tuesday, coinciding with Bangladesh's Independence Day, on a four-day visit to join the annual conference of China-led Boao Forum for Asia, an economic platform assumed as Beijing's efforts to run it as a parallel stage of the Western .

China's PLA ready to work with India for fair border solution, stable ties

The Chinese military on Thursday said it is willing to work with its Indian counterpart to implement a fair and just solution to the border issue besides sound and stable defence ties. A spokesman for China's National Defence, Sr. Col Wu Qian, made the remarks at a media briefing here while replying to a question about the disengagement and the follow-up process at the eastern Ladakh part of the Line of Actual Control (LAC). "The Chinese military is willing to work together with our Indian counterparts to implement a fair and just solution on the border issue, Wu told reporters. Wu said the Chinese military would also like to "contribute our wisdom and strength to the beautiful vision of a shared dance between the dragon and elephant and a sound and stable military-to-military relationship." The dragon elephant dance has become a constant theme of China of late as the two countries ended the over four-year freeze of relations after reaching agreement over the disengagement process

Xi will visit Washington soon amid brewing trade tensions, says Trump

Trump has ramped up a trade fight with China, raising tariffs on imports from the country to 20 per cent

China plans for global CEOs to meet President Xi in Beijing next week

China's planned interaction with top business figures underscores the message it's been sending that the nation is open for business, contrasting with Trump's more protectionist "America First" policy

China 'appreciates' PM Modi's 'positive' comments on India-China ties

"As the two largest developing countries, China and India share common task of national development and revitalisation," said China's foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning

Zuckerberg once asked Xi Jinping to name his child: Here's what happened

Zuckerberg asked Xi to name his baby. Xi declined. Now a former Facebook exec spills secrets in a memoir exposing power, loyalty, and chaos inside Meta