Topic: xi-jinping

US-China trade deal: What’s in (and out) the agreement

US-China trade deal: What’s in (and out) the agreement

Peter Eavis and Alan Rappeport, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 16 09:13 AM

The agreement signed Wednesday includes some victories for Trump: China has committed to buy an additional $200 billion of American goods and services by 2021 and crack down on business practices that the Trump administration has criticized. But text of the accord does not provide enough information to determine how it will work in practice. Read more »

China's Xi visits Myanmar to drive home Belt and Road plan

China's Xi visits Myanmar to drive home Belt and Road plan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 03:44 PM

China's President Xi Jinping arrives in Myanmar this week to nail down multi-billion-dollar infrastructure deals in a country abandoned by many in the West appalled at the "genocide" of Rohingya Muslims on leader Aung San Suu Kyi's watch. Read more »

US, China set to sign vital trade truce

US, China set to sign vital trade truce

Heather Scott, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 12:38 PM

Although tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of two-way trade will remain in place, likely at least until after President Donald Trump faces reelection in November, some of the uncertainty will go away. Read more »

Trump says he and Xi will sign China trade deal

Trump says he and Xi will sign China trade deal

Reuters
Posted at Dec 25 04:46 PM

PALM BEACH, Florida - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he and Chinese President Xi Jinping will have a signing ceremony to sign the first phase of the U.S.-China trade deal agreed to this month. Read more »

Fishermen cry foul as China bids to fix drought-hit lake

Fishermen cry foul as China bids to fix drought-hit lake

David Stanway, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 20 10:31 AM

WUCHENG, China - After wading through mudflats, Fan Xinde, a 36-year-old fisherman, sifts old copper coins from the debris scooped from the bed of a dwindling river that feeds China's biggest freshwater lake, the Poyang. Read more »

Xi visits gambling hub Macau as nearby Hong Kong seethes

Xi visits gambling hub Macau as nearby Hong Kong seethes

Farah Master, Reuters
Posted at Dec 18 09:40 AM

Xi's visit to the former Portuguese colony, where he is expected to announce a slew of supportive policies, is widely seen as a reward for Macau's stability and loyalty, unlike the former British colony of Hong Kong, which has been rocked by anti-government protests for six months. Read more »

‘Absolutely no mercy’: Leaked files show China’s mass detentions in officials’ own words

‘Absolutely no mercy’: Leaked files show China’s mass detentions in officials’ own words

Austin Ramzy and Chris Buckley, The New York Times
Updated as of Nov 21 07:40 AM

Beijing has sought for decades to suppress Uighur resistance to Chinese rule in Xinjiang. The current crackdown began after a surge of anti-government and anti-Chinese violence, including ethnic riots in 2009 in Urumqi, the regional capital, and a May 2014 attack on an outdoor market that killed 39 people just days before Xi convened a leadership conference in Beijing to set a new policy course for Xinjiang. Read more »

Taiwan warns of possible attack if China's slowdown 'becomes serious'

Taiwan warns of possible attack if China's slowdown 'becomes serious'

Yimou Lee and Fabian Hamacher, Reuters
Posted at Nov 07 04:04 PM

TAIPEI - Beijing could resort to military conflict with self-ruled Taiwan to divert domestic pressure if a slowdown in the world's second largest economy amid trade war threatens the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party, the island's foreign minister has said. Read more »

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