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China's Xi urges 'all-out' infrastructure push to boost growth
China's Xi Jinping has called for an 'all-out' campaign to build infrastructure, according to state media, marking the latest attempt by leaders to boost growth...
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Plane carrying 132 crashes in China, Xi orders probe
There was no immediate confirmation of the number of casualties, but the disaster prompted an unusually swift public reaction from President Xi Jinping.
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US President Joe Biden to press China to get in line over condemnation of Russia
US President Joe Biden will warn his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that he will face "costs" if Beijing rescues fellow authoritarian ally Russia from intense Western sanctions.
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Xi meets Putin as tensions with West rise
Xi has not left China since January 2020, when the country was grappling with its initial COVID-19 outbreak and locked down the central city of Wuhan where the virus was first detected.
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Xi to meet Putin as tensions rise with West
Xi has not left China since January 2020, when the country was grappling with its initial Covid-19 outbreak and locked down the central city of Wuhan where the virus was first detected.
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China's Xi promises Africa 1 billion COVID vaccine doses
In a speech made via videolink to a China-Africa summit near Senegal's capital Dakar, China's President Xi Jinping said his country would donate 600 million doses directly. A further 400 million doses would come from other sources.
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China's Xi warns of 'grim' situation with Taiwan
China views self-ruled democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and vows to retake it one day, by force if necessary.
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Biden, Xi talk to avoid US-China 'conflict:' W.House
This was the leaders' first call since February, when they talked for two hours, shortly after Joe Biden took over from Donald Trump.
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China approves radical overhaul of Hong Kong's political system
The new measures, which bypassed Hong Kong's legislature and were imposed directly by Beijing, are the latest move aimed at quashing the city's democracy movement after huge protests.
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Tough talk at first face-to-face US- China meeting of Biden era
China's actions "threaten the rules-based order that maintains global stability," Blinken said at the opening of the two-day meeting.
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Football power by 2050? China dream totters on shaky foundations
Jiangsu FC on Sunday said they had "ceased operations" -- just three months after winning the Chinese Super League -- in a move described as "shocking" by state media.
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China's Xi pens letter to Starbucks tycoon to promote trade
Xi, responding to an earlier message from Schultz, urged the multi-billionaire to "continue to play an active role in promoting China-US economic and trade cooperation", the official Xinhua news agency said.
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China sends 'congratulations' to Joe Biden on US election win
US-China ties have grown increasingly strained in recent years under the administration of incumbent Donald Trump, and relations are as icy as at any time since formal ties were established four decades ago.
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Chinese tycoon and Xi critic jailed for 18 years for corruption
Ren Zhiqiang - once among the ruling Communist Party's inner circle - disappeared from the public eye in March, shortly after penning an essay that lambasted Xi's pandemic response.
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China's Xi says China acted openly and transparently on COVID-19
Xi, speaking at a ceremony honouring role models during the country’s fight against the disease, said China is the first major economy to return to growth during the pandemic - a fact he said demonstrates the country’s strong abilities and vitality.
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China imposes feared Hong Kong security law
As the law was signed by President Xi Jinping little more than six weeks after it was first unveiled, Beijing described it as a "sword" hanging over the heads of those who endanger national security.
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China's Xi pays first visit to virus epicentre Wuhan
The Communist Party leader arrived by plane in Hubei's capital for an "inspection of the epidemic prevention and control work" in the region, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
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Beijing mobilises the masses in 'people's war' against coronavirus
Authorities have tapped their propaganda powers to wage what President Xi Jinping has dubbed a 'people's war' against the new coronavirus that has killed more than 1,300 people and infected nearly 60,000.
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Xi says China fighting 'demon' virus as nations prepare airlifts
In a development that could cause more jitters abroad, Japan and Germany reported the first confirmed cases of human-to-human transmission outside of China.
