Also known as: Chinese President Xi Jinping · Chinese leader Xi Jinping · President Xi Jinping · President Xi
President of China, hosted Trump summit and planned September 2026 visit to US for AI talks; led anti-corruption crackdowns.
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Business & Financial Times
… CONG Song, Ambassador of China to Ghana On 14th February, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced in his congratulatory message to the 39th African Union Summit that China would implement zero-tariff treatment on all products from 53 African countries that have diplomatic relation …
Promoting Development through Openness: China’s zero tariff treatment empowers the China-Africa community with a shared futureJoy Online
… President Xi Jinping has urged all-out efforts to search for those still unaccounted for and to save the injured. …
Explosion at China fireworks factory kills 21 peopleChina has finished the first phase of building a man-made island at Antelope Reef in the disputed South China Sea, with satellite images showing the reclaimed feature and initial construction of buildings including a helicopter pad, according to Reuters analysis.
19 August 2026 · Joy Online →
China has finished the first phase of building a man-made island at Antelope Reef in the disputed South China Sea, with satellite images showing the reclaimed feature and initial construction of buildings including a helicopter pad, according to Reuters analysis.
19 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The White House reported that more than 40 countries, including Canada, India, Mexico, Japan and South Korea, routed Chinese exports through their borders to sidestep US tariffs, costing American jobs and billions in revenue through transshipping. China's embassy said trade wars have no winners and opposed the tariff measures.
14 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The White House said more than 40 countries, including Canada, India, Mexico, Japan and South Korea, have helped China sidestep US tariffs by routing exports through nations with lower American import duties. According to government and private sector estimates, between $30 billion and roughly $300 billion in goods have been moved through this process, known as transshipping.
14 August 2026 · Joy Online →
China's Ambassador to Ghana said the country will expand defence cooperation through military training, infrastructure development, equipment support and humanitarian collaboration. The commitment was made at a reception in Accra marking the 99th anniversary of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, with bilateral trade reaching US$14.1 billion in 2025.
30 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Geek+, a Chinese robotics firm, supplies autonomous mobile robots to major British retailers including Tesco, Asda and Next. The robots automate warehouse tasks, increasing picking speeds and storage capacity while reducing errors, and the company has become the world's largest supplier of autonomous mobile robots.
30 July 2026 · Joy Online →
A White House science and technology adviser has accused China's Moonshot AI of carrying out a "large-scale" effort to steal capabilities from top US AI models, including Anthropic's Fable AI, through a process known as distillation. The adviser also alleged that Moonshot gained access to restricted Nvidia servers to train its models.
23 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The United States and China will hold talks over artificial intelligence in September to address risks from each other's increasingly powerful frontier models, five sources told Reuters. The talks, an outcome of the Trump-Xi summit in May, are expected to take place before Chinese President Xi Jinping's planned September 24 visit to the U.S., and will likely be led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
A Pew Research Center study of over 42,000 people in 36 countries found that in 25 of those countries, more respondents held favourable views of China than the US—the first time the organisation has recorded such results since tracking global sentiment since 2002. While the US was seen as respecting personal freedoms more than China, China was seen as interfering in other countries' affairs less than the US, and respondents expressed low confidence in both Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, though Xi scored higher.
15 July 2026 · Joy Online →
A fire at the Huiteng Footwear factory in Jinjiang, a city that manufactures 20% of the world's sports shoes, killed at least 28 people on Thursday. More than 200 people were evacuated, and authorities have detained factory staff and frozen the firm's bank account; President Xi Jinping said those responsible must be held "strictly accountable."
9 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana told a press briefing in Accra that China's governance model, anchored on the Communist Party of China's leadership, offers valuable lessons for developing countries seeking sustainable development and political stability. He said the CPC's 105-year journey demonstrates that countries could pursue modernisation based on their own national circumstances without necessarily following Western models.
9 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Cong Song, described Ghana as a country of remarkable warmth and cultural diversity, highlighting the enduring friendship between the two nations as built on strong historical foundations laid by Dr Kwame Nkrumah and Chairman Mao Zedong, and evolving into a comprehensive strategic partnership anchored on mutual respect and political trust.
7 July 2026 · Joy Online →
A court in eastern China has sentenced Yang Youlin, a former city official who served in Nanjing from 1993 to 2023, to death for taking more than 2.2bn yuan ($325m) in bribes over 30 years. He was also convicted of embezzlement, abuse of power, and money laundering as part of President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption crackdown.
7 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Underground church leader Jin Mingri, imprisoned following October raids on religious groups in China, has been released and travelled to the US less than two months after his case was raised directly by Donald Trump. His family attributed his release to intervention by Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Trump administration, though rights groups note numerous other religious practitioners remain incarcerated.
5 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Chinese Ambassador has praised Ghana's goal of achieving energy self-reliance, including its target to end raw mineral exports by 2030 and process crude oil locally. He was speaking at the commissioning of Phase Two of the Sentuo Oil Refinery in Tema, which will expand refining capacity from 40,000 to 100,000 barrels per day.
28 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 →