US President Donald Trump spent the final morning of his China visit inside Zhongnanhai, the heavily guarded compound that serves as the political heart of China’s Communist Party leadership. Alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump walked through the compound’s carefully maintained gardens, stopping to admire blooming roses as Xi offered to send him seeds. The…
As US President Donald Trump attended a lavish state banquet hosted by Xi Jinping in Beijing, the carefully curated menu offered more than just a culinary experience – it became another layer of diplomacy. From Beijing roast duck to lobster in tomato soup, the evening’s spread reflected China’s long-standing tradition of using food as a…
WASHINGTON/BEIJING: The U.S. military campaign against Iran has put Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the back foot ahead of an expected summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, who for the second time in as many months has turned America’s military against one of Beijing’s close partners. Trump is set to arrive in Beijing at the…
In a significant move to stabilise trade relations with Beijing, US President Donald Trump announced that his administration will slash fentanyl-related tariffs on imports from China and maintain the freeze on some reciprocal levies on Chinese goods. The actions, made in a pair of executive orders issued on Tuesday, formalise the key elements of the…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: In what appears to be a tectonic shift in American foreign policy and world order, US President Donald Trump has openly embraced China as a functional equal, heralding a new duopoly that jettisons Washington’s decade-plus view of Beijing as an existential threat, while leaving other powers like EU, Russia, India,…
While US President Donald Trump has maintained a strong stance against India for purchasing Russian oil, he doesn’t seem to have the same problem with China. During his much-talked-about meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, Trump said that the topic of oil did not come up at all. “We didn’t really discuss the…
Topline President Donald Trump said his face-to-face meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping was “amazing” and both countries had agreed to certain concessions to ease trade tensions, including a reduction of the fentanyl-related tariffs on China and a pause on Beijing export controls on critical rare earth minerals. US President Donald Trump and China’s President…
After an “amazing meeting” with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in South Korea, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will cut fentanyl tariffs on China from 20 per cent to 10 per cent. US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met face-to-face in Busan on Thursday for the first time…
Updated on: Oct 30, 2025 11:02 am IST Trump and Xi Jinping met in South Korea’s Busan on Thursday on the sidelines of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju. United States President Donald Trump called his one hour forty minutes-long meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping a “great success” and slashed fentanyl tariffs…
Updated on: Oct 30, 2025 07:56 am IST Trump and Xi are meeting in Busan, South Korea, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit of 21 countries in Gyeongju. US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, are meeting in South Korea on Thursday, marking their first face-to-face encounter since…