Despite the existing maritime territorial dispute between Manila and Beijing, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Chinese President Xi Jinping have “united” in calling for the “restoration” of global trade mechanisms at the 32nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit.

Chinese president Xi Jinping and Canadian PM Mark Carney, in the first formal sit-down since 2017, discussed about agriculture and agri-food products, including canola, seafood

She significantly softens her usual tough stance towards China by expressing her willingness to "deepen her personal relationship" with the leader of the Asian superpower. Chinese officials took five days to formally congratulate Sanae Takaichi after her election on October 21 as the first woman to govern Japan.

The Japanese government said its Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first talks Friday afternoon in South Korea, Kyodo News Agency reported.

The core goal of the meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping was clear enough: bring the temperature down and strike some agreements that would stabilise one of the world’s most important bilateral relationships.

President Donald Trump said he had an “amazing” meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, where “a lot of decisions were made” on fentanyl, rare earth minerals and more.

President Trump said the issues of Taiwan, Russian oil and Nvidia’s advanced Blackwell chip weren’t raised during his wide-ranging meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South

President Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping have begun what is expected to be three to four hours of high-stakes ,in-person talks in hopes of lowering the temperature of a simmering trade war that has threatened to boil over and upend the global economy.