President Xi Jinping hailed China’s “unbreakable” friendship with Pakistan on Monday as he met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Beijing, seeking to deepen their “all-weather” partnership. Xi welcomed the Pakistani leader as an “old friend” at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People and said the two countries had “understood, trusted and supported each other” over […]
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Trump arrives in Beijing for ‘superpower’ summit with Xi
United States President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Beginning the first visit to China by a US president in nearly a decade, Trump touched down on Air Force One at Beijing Capital International Airport at 7:50pm (4:50pm PKT) after the long flight from Washington. Ructions over […]
Chinese, Taiwanese will unite, Xi tells Taiwan Opp leader
China’s President Xi Jinping met Taiwan’s opposition party leader Cheng Li-wun in Beijing on Friday, telling the visiting delegation he had “full confidence” that Taiwanese and Chinese people would be united. Kuomintang (KMT) chairwoman Cheng is the party’s first leader to visit China in a decade. Xi told Cheng, as the two met on Friday, […]
Xi looks to build closer Pak-China community with shared future
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a congratulatory message to President Asif Ali Zardari on the occasion of Pakistan Day, saying he is ready to work with the president to build an even closer Sino-Pak community with a shared future in the new era. President Xi highlighted the start of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan […]
Festival cricket match: Old Ravians XI, VC XI share trophy after 206-all tie
Lahore: A traditional festival cricket match was held at the Oval Ground of Government College University (GCU) Lahore on Wednesday, where Old Ravians XI and Vice Chancellor XI played out a high-scoring tie in the 20-over contest, resulting in the trophy being shared by both teams. The match, a decades-long winter-season tradition, was organised by […]
Trump heads to Asia for Xi talks, eyes Kim meeting
US President Donald Trump headed for Asia on Saturday and high-stakes trade talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, saying that he would also like to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his trip. Trump is set to meet Xi in South Korea on the last day of his regional swing in a bid […]
As trade war bites, China’s Xi preaches openness
China has glorious history of being open to the world and the country will only be more open, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, in his first public address since trade tensions with the United States spiked last week. Beijing and Washington are locked in an escalating trade war, with both countries levying tariffs on […]
China to reject protectionism, open up Belt and Road: Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday urged dozens of world leaders to reject protectionism, and invited more countries to participate in his global infrastructure project after seeking to ease concerns surrounding the programme. Addressing 37 leaders from Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, Xi made a new pitch for his cherished Belt and Road Initiative […]
China’s Xi promotes building initiative amid debt worries
President Xi Jinping has promised to set high standards for China’s Belt and Road infrastructure-building initiative, seeking to dispel complaints the many billion dollars in projects leave developing countries with too much debt. Xi avoided mentioning debt complaints in a speech opening a forum attended by leaders from some three dozen countries to celebrate his […]
Chinese people love peace, Xi says as major naval parade kicks off
The Chinese people love peace and countries should not threaten each other with the use of force, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday as he kicked off a large-scale naval parade marking 70 years since the founding of China’s navy. Xi is overseeing a sweeping plan to refurbish the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) by developing […]