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China's Xi calls for progress on property tax in drive for prosperity

China, still an avowedly socialist country, has vowed to reduce inequality after years of breakneck growth while stressing that people should still work hard to create wealth

Xi vows to reunify Taiwan with China; calls for 'peaceful reunification'

Xi's also comments came after China sent a record number of military jets into Taiwan's air defence zone for four days in a row, in a public show of force.

President Biden and Xi set to hold virtual summit this year: White House

The US and China have agreed in principle that President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will hold a virtual summit before the end of the year, a senior White House official said

Xi Jinping won't go to Rome summit, Chinese envoys tell G-20 sherpas

Chinese envoys cited China's Covid protocols, which can include quarantine mandates for returning travelers, as a reason Xi did not intend to go to Rome

Joe Biden says he and Xi Jinping agreed to abide by Taiwan agreement

US President Joe Biden said he spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss China's military activity near Taiwan and both sides agreed to abide by the Taiwan agreement, Spoutnik reported citing White House press pool's report."I've spoken with Xi about Taiwan. We agree, we will abide by the Taiwan agreement. That's where we are, and I made it clear that I don't think he should be doing anything other than abiding by the agreement," the President said on Tuesday (local time).Since Friday, China has sent almost 150 aircraft into Taiwan's defence zone.Taiwan's Ministry of Defence announced that People's Liberation Army Aircraft's (PLAAF) 34 Shenyang J-16 fighter jets, two SU-30 fighter jets, two Shaanxi Y-8 anti-submarine warfare (Y-8 ASW) planes, two KJ-500 airborne early warning and control aircraft (KJ-500 AEW & C), and 12 Xian H-6 bomber entered Taiwan's air defenThe aircraft all flew sorties in the southwest corner of Taiwan's ADIZ, just to the northeast of the Dongsha ...

China's energy crisis highlights weaknesses in Xi's power plans

Liberalising the power market still poses risks to consumers; more storage needed to manage intermittency of renewables

UN needs mechanisms to make Bolsonaros of the world behave responsibly

The rise of right-wing populists who insist on their sovereign right to do whatever they please poses a challenge.

China's Xinjiang crackdown 'reaps' millions of dollars in assets for state

Chinese authorities have seized and sold tens of millions of dollars in assets owned by jailed Uyghur business owners at auction amid government campaign in country's Xinjiang region, said a report.

China slams Quad ahead of 1st in-person summit in US, says doomed to fail'

China on Friday criticised the grouping, saying the formation of exclusive closed cliques runs against the trend of times, and it is doomed to fail

Xi Jinping's US envoy invokes Lincoln in declaring China a democracy

Chinese diplomats have frequently argued that the values of some Western countries, such as the US and Japan, "don't represent the international community"

China will never seek hegemony: Xi after Biden's cold war remark

Xi said China would not build new coal-fired power projects abroad

Evergrande: How far will Xi go with his crackdown on real estate sector

The selloff on Monday left few risky assets untouched. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index tumbled more than 3%, led by real estate companies.

Market turmoil tests Xi's resolve on Evergrande, real estate crackdown

The resulting market turbulence may add pressure on Chinese leaders to tap the brakes on policy tightening, or at least take steps to limit the fallout

China property fear spreads beyond Evergrande crisis, roiling markets

Intensifying concerns about China Evergrande Group's debt crisis dragged down everything from bank stocks to Ping An Insurance Group Co. and high-yield dollar bond

Prez Xi to address UNGA tomorrow, to deliver important remarks: Chinese FM

Chinese President Xi Jinping will address the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday and will deliver important remarks via video link, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

BS Views of the Week: Fixing green finance and some hard choices on China

From the problem with how green is viewed in the world of finance to hard choices as China increases its dominance in East Asia, here's what Business Standard columnists and editorials had to say this week

Xi Jinping's sharp turn to the left

Politics has acquired a strong populist flavour in China, with foreign policy implications for India

Prez Biden calls China's Xi for 1st time in 7 months over dead-end talks

Leaders spoke to ensure competition does not veer into conflict: White House

Oil rallies to $73 on tight US supplies due to Ida, Biden-Xi call

Oil rose to around $73 a barrel on Friday, supported by growing signs of supply tightness in the United States as a result of Hurricane Ida and as US-China trade hopes gave riskier assets a boost

Biden, Xi speak for first time since Feb, agree to avoid conflict

A White House statement said the two leaders had 'a broad, strategic discussion'