Xi’s big adventure to keep Europe open and onside
The global economy is a very different place today than it was five years ago, when Chinese leader Xi Jinping last visited Europe.
Asian news from Beijing
At least 10 casualties in a hospital attack in southwestern China, suspect arrested
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media are reporting a knife attack with possible deaths at a hospital in the country’s southwest.
Chinese warplane fired flares, put Australian Navy helicopter in danger, Canberra says
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Xi and Macron find common ground in Paris despite trade tensions
PARIS -- Beijing has agreed it will not impose tit-for-tat tariffs on French brandy, despite numerous probes by the European Union into Chinese industries, after President Xi Jinping met with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on the first day of his state visit to Paris.
South China Sea: Philippines did not agree to ‘new model’ to manage Second Thomas Shoal, officials say
Department of National Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr and the president’s national security adviser Eduardo M. Año in separate statements on Sunday denied that the Philippines made the agreement.
In Meeting With Xi, E.U. Leader Takes Tough Line on Ukraine War
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, put pressure Monday on China to help resolve the war in Ukraine, saying Beijing should “use all its influence on Russia to end its war of aggression against Ukraine.”