Xi Jinping

Taiwan says next US arms purchase is on track after guarantee

Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo inspects reservists during a training session at Loung Te Industrial Parks Service Center in Yilan, Taiwan December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Trump reschedules Iran-delayed China visit for May 14 and 15

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Apec summit in Busan, on Oct 30, 2025.

Former Chinese aerospace exec gets suspended death sentence over corruption, insider trading

ZHUHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 7, 2022 - (FILE) Tan Ruisong, then chairman and Party secretary of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), attends a media conference on the eve of the 2022 Zhuhai Air Show in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong province, Nov 7, 2022. On August 30, 2024, according to the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervisory Commission, Tan Ruisong, former secretary of the Party Group and chairman of Aviation Industry Corporation of China, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is currently under disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervisory Commission. (Photo by CFOTO/Sipa USA)No Use China.

China’s Xi urges progress in his ‘city of the future’ project

Chinese President Xi Jinping talks with students in a classroom at a high school, during an inspection tour of Xiongan New Area in Hebei province, China March 23, 2026. cnsphoto via REUTERS

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Trump’s Middle East entanglement could play into Xi’s hands at planned summit

US President Donald Trump had been due in Beijing at the end of March for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but has delayed his trip by several weeks to deal with the fallout from the war.

Nepal investigating burning of Xi Jinping's book at university

FILE PHOTO: Copies of \"Xi Jinping: The Governance of China\" translated into nine languages are displayed outside the media center ahead of the Third Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China October 16, 2023. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo

China not planning to invade Taiwan in 2027: US intelligence report

Vehicles drive on a street, at New Taipei city, Taiwan December 9, 2024. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Trump expects Xi summit in ‘five or six weeks’ as Iran war rages

US President Donald Trump (left) stressed that he has a “good relationship with China” and “looks forward” to seeing Chinese president Xi Jinping.

Trump postpones trip to Beijing as Iran war delays China reset

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

Trump's summit delay casts pall over US-China trade truce

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

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