The White House has been optimistic about the prospects for an in-person summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping—the first of President Donald Trump‘s second term. Yet analysts say the Chinese leader is likely holding out for concrete deliverables before agreeing to the high-profile meeting. All Eyes on Sweden Trump dramatically escalated the trade war with…
Beneath the surface, Xi is facing friction on multiple fronts. TL;DR: Xi Jinping still rules unchallenged, but his control now relies more on loyalty than performance. Top generals purged, including close allies, fueling questions about cracks in the military. Xi’s visibility is down, and key commissions are less active – a shift or a retreat?…
The 25th China-European Union summit fell in the 50th anniversary year of diplomatic relations. The double milestone set the stage for guiding strained ties between the two trading giants towards less troubled waters. Economic tensions compounded by the Ukraine war could not be mended overnight. But President Xi Jinping set the tone and pointed the…
Chinese president, premier meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and head of European Council Antonio Costa Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday said the European Union should “make correct strategic choices,” urging the bloc’s top leaders to strengthen “trust and communication” amid global uncertainty, state broadcaster CCTV reported. In his opening remarks at…
By Liz Lee, Laurie Chen and Xiuhao Chen BEIJING -Chinese President Xi Jinping urged top European Union officials on Thursday to “properly handle differences and frictions” as he criticised Brussels’s recent trade actions against Beijing at a tense summit dominated by concerns on trade and the Ukraine war. Expectations were low for the summit in…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told Chinese leader Xi Jinping that the bloc’s ties with his country “have reached an inflection point,” opening a summit shadowed by tensions spanning trade to the war in Ukraine. “As our cooperation has deepened, so have the imbalances,” von der Leyen said on Thursday, according to her…
BRUSSELS (AP) — European leaders are meeting with top Chinese officials in Beijing on Thursday to discuss trade, climate change and global conflicts, with observers saying expectations were low for any solid agreements. The talks, initially supposed to last two days but scaled back to one, come amid financial uncertainty around the world, wars in…
Top representatives from the European Union will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other key leaders Thursday, their first in-person summit since 2023 that’s exposing a divide between the bloc and Beijing just months after earlier signs of a possible detente. Tensions spanning trade to the war in Ukraine are casting a pall over…
[Source] Favorable views of China and confidence in President Xi Jinping have increased in many regions while approval of the U.S. and President Donald Trump has declined or remained low, a new global Pew Research Center survey has found. The survey, conducted among more than 28,000 adults across 25 countries between January and April 2025,…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday said a trip to China might be “not too distant,” raising prospects that the leaders of the world’s two largest economies may meet soon to help reset relations after moving to climb down from a trade war. Trump made the remarks while hosting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr….