This might hurt you to know, but China’s president Xi Jinping really isn’t as calculating as we’ve been made to believe. He might be “evil” at times, but he isn’t some mastermind that can actually do anything to America,

E VEN AS AMERICA’S relationship with China enters a new, less predictable era, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping see the value in talking. On January 17th the leaders had a “very good” phone call, wrote Mr Trump on social media.

India and China agreed to resume direct flights for the first time in nearly five years, the latest step in a slow and tentative thaw.

Xi addressed the gathering of top Communist Party officials as China gears up for its biggest public holiday, which this year runs from January 28 to February 4 and will see people bid farewell to the Year of the Dragon and ring in the Year of the Snake.

Social media exploded in a celebration after the news that a Chinese start-up had made an artificial intelligence tool that was more efficient than any in the United States.

HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese tech startup DeepSeek ’s new artificial intelligence chatbot has sparked discussions about the competition between China and the U.S. in AI development, with many users flocking to test the rival of OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

Xi Jinping acknowledged that China would need resilience in order to achieve “high-quality development”. The Chinese president’s speech called for addressing “risks and challenges without hesitation.

President William Ruto has conveyed a message of best wishes to His Excellency President Xi Jinping, the government and the people of the People’s Republic of China as they mark Chinese New Year. The President in his message wished Jinping a New Year that would bring abundance from the country's commitment to the wellbeing of others.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, but he is sending Vice President Han Zheng as his special representative.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has had a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, emphasizing the two countries’ close ties, a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th U.S. president.

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and China's President Xi Jinping arrive for a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and China's President Xi Jinping arrive for a meeting on the sidelines of ...

The first sign of improving Japan–China relations during the summit was the behaviour of the two leaders. Both Prime Minister Ishiba and President Xi appeared conciliatory in their public interactions. Xi’s cordial approach reflects China’s shift to smile diplomacy instead of its hard-line wolf warrior approach of the past.