Also known as: Chinese President Xi Jinping · Chinese leader Xi Jinping · President Xi Jinping · President Xi
Chinese President who met with Trump in Beijing in May 2026 to discuss trade, Taiwan, and Iran amid US-China tensions.
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Joy Online
… The detention comes just weeks after US President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping, where the US leader received a grand welcome. …
China arrests US scholar suspected of spyingJoy Online
… Chinese President Xi Jinping warned at a recent summit with US President Donald Trump that mishandling Taiwan could put the relationship between the two superpowers in an “extremely dangerous situation”. …
World’s largest chipmaker does not rule out price rises as costs increaseJoy Online
China’s president Xi Jinping will meet Kim Jong Un next week in a trip to North Korea, in his first visit in nearly seven years, according to both countries’ state media. …
Xi Jinping to meet Kim Jong Un in rare visit to North KoreaJoy Online
… Chinese President Xi Jinping said no effort must be spared in efforts to treat the injured and search for survivors. …
At least 82 killed in Chinese coal mine explosionThe Chronicle
Less than a week after Xi Jinping rolled out the red carpet for US President Donald Trump, the Chinese leader is hosting another guest of honor – and this time it’s a close ally. …
Putin set to visit China days after Trump’s departureBusiness & Financial Times
… President Donald Trump departed Beijing after two days of meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the visit was framed by both governments as an effort to stabilise one of the world’s most consequential relationships. …
What Trump’s visit and Putin’s expected arrival reveal about Beijing’s global positionBusiness & Financial Times
… The policy, announced earlier this year by Chinese President Xi Jinping and implemented from May 1, removes import duties on all qualifying exports from participating African countries. …
Ghana-China trade hits US$14.1bn amid push for deeper cooperationJoy Online
Taiwan will not provoke any conflict but will also not give up its sovereignty, said its president Lai Ching-te after a high-stakes summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping where they discussed the issue of Taiwan’s independence. …
Taiwan will not provoke conflict nor give up sovereignty, says presidentJoy Online
… After talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump also said he would soon decide whether to approve an $11bn ($8bn) package of weapons to be sold to Taiwan. …
Taiwan insists it is independent after Trump warningJoy Online
US President Donald Trump has cautioned Taiwan against formally declaring independence from China. “I’m not looking to have somebody go independent,” the US president told Fox News on Friday, at the end of his two-day summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing. …
Trump warns Taiwan against declaring independence, hours after summit with China’s XiChina's foreign ministry confirmed the arrest of U Min Zin, a US-based scholar and director at a think tank focused on Myanmar, accusing him of spying and endangering national security. He was detained in early June in Kunming, a Chinese city bordering Myanmar, and the arrest is unusual as China rarely detains US citizens on national security charges.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
China's foreign ministry confirmed the arrest of U Min Zin, a US-based scholar and director at a think tank focused on Myanmar, accusing him of spying and endangering national security. He was detained in early June in Kunming, a Chinese city bordering Myanmar, and the arrest is unusual as China rarely detains US citizens on national security charges.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world's largest chipmaker, has told the BBC that inflation is pushing up costs and has not ruled out price rises, though its CFO said the firm would not introduce sudden "fourfold, fivefold" increases. Any price increases could eventually affect customers' electronic device costs.
10 June 2026 · Joy Online →
China's President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea on June 8–9 at Kim Jong Un's invitation, his first trip in nearly seven years. The visit comes as China, North Korea's largest trading partner and sole defence-pact ally, seeks to manage its relationship with Pyongyang amid growing ties between North Korea and Russia.
5 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A gas explosion at the Liushenyu Coal Mine in Shanxi province killed at least 82 people and left two missing, with 128 being treated in hospitals. The blast, which occurred Friday with 247 workers on duty, is China's worst mining disaster since 2009.
24 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to arrive in Beijing for a state visit days after Donald Trump's departure, signaling Beijing and Moscow's alignment as both navigate shifting relationships with Trump's United States and weigh their roles in resolving the US-Iran conflict.
20 May 2026 · The Chronicle →
After U.S. President Donald Trump visited Beijing for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on trade, Taiwan, Iran, and strategic competition, Russian President Vladimir Putin was expected to visit the following week, illustrating Beijing's increasing importance as a position both Washington and Moscow consider strategically significant.
19 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Bilateral trade between Ghana and China hit US$14.1 billion in 2025, a 19.3 percent year-on-year increase, as both countries pursued deeper cooperation in trade, industrialisation, mining, and infrastructure. However, the relationship remains heavily tilted toward imports from China, which accounted for 22.7 percent of Ghana's total imports while Ghana's exports to China represented 4.9 percent of total exports.
19 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Taiwan's president Lai Ching-te said Taiwan will not provoke conflict but will not give up its sovereignty, responding to a Trump-Xi summit where China's Xi emphasized Taiwan as the most important bilateral issue. Lai reiterated Taiwan's longstanding position that there is no "Taiwan independence" issue because Taiwan already considers itself a sovereign and independent democratic country.
18 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Taiwan's presidential spokesperson said it is "self-evident" that Taiwan is "a sovereign, independent democratic country," after US President Trump warned against formal independence and said he had made no commitment either way about the island following talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump also said he would soon decide on an $11bn weapons package for Taiwan's self-defence.
16 May 2026 · Joy Online →
US President Donald Trump cautioned Taiwan against formally declaring independence from China following his summit with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing. Trump said he had "made no commitment either way" about Taiwan and reiterated that US policy on the matter had not changed.
16 May 2026 · Joy Online →
US President Donald Trump cautioned Taiwan against formally declaring independence from China following his two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Trump stated he is not looking to have Taiwan go independent and said US policy on the matter has not changed.
16 May 2026 · Joy Online →
US President Trump visited Beijing with a business delegation and said he struck "fantastic trade deals" with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, though the two-day summit produced warm rhetoric more than concrete agreements. Trump said China agreed to order 200 Boeing planes, but Beijing did not confirm major purchases.
15 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Oil futures climbed on Friday as concerns persisted over ship attacks and seizures in the Strait of Hormuz, with Brent crude rising to $106.32 a barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate to $101.71, despite Iran reporting about 30 vessels had passed through since Wednesday evening.
15 May 2026 · Joy Online →
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks for over two hours in Beijing, with the White House calling the meeting "highly productive," though no sweeping trade breakthrough or major business agreements emerged. Xi warned that if US-China relations are mishandled, the two nations could collide or come into conflict.
14 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Iranian military personnel have seized a Honduras-flagged ship, the Hui Chuan, reportedly operating as a floating armoury in the Gulf of Oman, with the vessel now bound for Iranian territorial waters, according to maritime risk management company Vanguard and the UK Maritime Trade Operations.
14 May 2026 · Joy Online →
At least four people were killed and 44 injured, including children, after Russia launched more than 670 drones and 56 missiles across Ukraine overnight, with three bodies pulled from a partially destroyed Kyiv apartment building where a rescue operation is ongoing.
14 May 2026 · Joy Online →
US President Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for a two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, where discussions are expected to cover tariffs, technology competition, the war in Iran, and America's relationship with Taiwan. Trump was greeted by Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng and accompanied by US tech industry executives including Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, Larry Fink, and Kelly Ortberg.
13 May 2026 · Joy Online →
US President Donald Trump is expected to bring 17 top business and technology executives on his trip to China this week, including Tim Cook of Apple, Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX, and Larry Fink of BlackRock. The trip will include Trump's meeting with President Xi Jinping amid growing economic and technological tensions between the two countries.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
US President Donald Trump will travel to China from 13–15 May to meet Xi Jinping, the first visit by a US president to China in nearly a decade. The visit comes as a key test of the trade truce between Washington and Beijing following a tit-for-tat tariff war that saw tariffs top 100%.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Vladimir Putin used his annual Victory Day speech in Moscow's Red Square to justify his war in Ukraine and denounce NATO, calling it a "just" war and characterizing Ukraine as an "aggressive force" armed and supported by NATO. The celebrations were scaled back for security reasons, and Russia and Ukraine agreed to a three-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, though Russia's defence ministry later accused Ukraine of breaking it.
9 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China will implement zero-tariff treatment on all products from 53 African countries with diplomatic relations starting May 1, 2026, making China the first major economy to unilaterally grant full zero-tariff treatment to all African countries and least developed countries with which it has diplomatic relations.
8 May 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Former Chinese defence ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu were both sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve over graft charges, state news agency Xinhua reported. The sentences underscore the severity of a broad corruption crackdown in the military ordered by President Xi Jinping.
7 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Former Chinese defence ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu were both sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve over graft charges, as part of President Xi Jinping's broad military corruption crackdown that has targeted the elite Rocket Force and removed top general Zhang Youxia.
7 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Brent crude and U.S. West Texas Intermediate each gained 0.8% on Thursday, rebounding from Wednesday's 7% slump as investors weighed the likelihood of a Middle East peace deal. Peace negotiations are expected to continue until next week's U.S.-China summit, with analysts indicating oil prices will likely remain elevated.
7 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi told his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi in Beijing that achieving a lasting ceasefire was an "urgent priority" and that the Strait of Hormuz should be reopened "as soon as possible." China said it was ready to help de-escalate tensions and called on relevant parties to respond to international calls for restoring normal navigation through the Strait.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →
President Trump announced on Tuesday that "Project Freedom," a US operation to guide vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, would be paused for a short period by mutual agreement with Iran as progress is being made toward a deal. Iranian media characterized the pause as a Trump retreat, while US officials indicated the pause was requested by Pakistan acting as an intermediary.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China will implement zero-tariff treatment on all products from 53 African countries with diplomatic relations starting 1 May 2026, making China the first major economy to grant full zero-tariff treatment to all African countries and least developed countries with which it has relations.
5 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
A blast at the Huasheng Fireworks plant in Hunan province's Liuyang city killed 21 people and left 61 wounded on Monday. Authorities evacuated a 3km radius around the factory and deployed nearly 500 personnel for search and rescue operations, while police investigate the cause.
5 May 2026 · Joy Online →