US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the odds for a summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping this year were “high” after concluding “constructive” talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of a regional meeting. Rubio described the meeting on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet with China’s leader Xi Jinping on an upcoming trip he said Friday would focus on closer business ties. Albanese departs Saturday for the trip that includes stops in Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu, and meetings with Xi, Premier Li Qiang and Chairman Zhao Leji of…
China is set to showcase its artificial intelligence (AI) prowess, as well as its vision of how to manage the disruptive technology, at a conference in Shanghai as the country is stepping up its competition against the US for AI supremacy. The annual three-day World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), which starts on July 26, would…
Lately, a wave of speculation has emerged in Western media asking whether Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping is losing his grip. Faced with rising youth unemployment, elite disaffection and a deteriorating administrative apparatus, it’s tempting to believe the Chinese leader is on the way out. But this narrative, while seductive, fundamentally misreads the…
China’s government appears to be censoring U.S. President Donald Trump‘s recent claim that he warned Chinese leader Xi Jinping he would bomb Beijing if the East Asian power invaded Taiwan, according to Newsweek‘s analysis of search results. The comment surfaced in audio obtained by CNN, reportedly recorded during last year’s presidential race, in which Trump…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. Mikhail Metzel | Evelyn Hockstein | Via Reuters President Donald Trump told campaign donors last year that he had threatened to “bomb the s–t out of Moscow” if Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, according to a new report. Trump at the same donor meeting claimed…
There has been a lot of talk online and in politics about Xi Jinping stepping down. A short absence from the public eye, ongoing military purges, and missing a key BRICS summit have only added to the rumors. Why is there so much uncertainty around Xi Jinping’s future? The fact that Xi Jinping hasn’t been…
President Donald Trump said that he had separately warned both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping that he would bomb their respective capitals if either of them invaded their neighbors, newly released audio broadcast by CNN shows. Trump was recorded speaking at a private fundraiser in 2024 about his conversations with Putin…
For over a decade, president Xi Jinping has stood unchallenged at the pinnacle of Chinese power, his grip over the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the state likened to that of an emperor. Sweeping purges, restructured institutions and a cult of personality have cemented his position as the most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. Yet,…
WASHINGTON — Former President Joe Biden’s senior staff would “joke” about him giving “vastly different accounts” of how much time he’d spent with Chinese President Xi Jinping — even as some aides suggested he take a cognitive test to dispel speculation about his mental fitness, according to a bombshell book out Tuesday. “There was a…