Tag: #XI JINPING
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Biden, Xi agree to hold face-to-face summit
WASHINGTON, United States — President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed to schedule their first in-person summit during a sometimes tense phone call Thursday where Xi warned the United States not to “play with fire” in Taiwan.
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Tension on Taiwan, trade hangs over new Biden-Xi phone call
WASHINGTON, United States — President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping were set to talk Thursday, amid questions over whether their long distance exchanges can defuse mounting tensions around Taiwan and trade.
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Xi sends sympathy message to Biden over Covid infection
BEIJING, China — Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a sympathy message to his United States counterpart Joe Biden on Friday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, a day after the 79-year-old US leader tested positive for Covid-19.
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Chinese leader Xi says Hong Kong 'reborn from the fire' as visit to city begins
HONG KONG, China — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Hong Kong had been “reborn from the fire” as he arrived Thursday to mark the 25th anniversary of the city’s handover, in his first visit since the business hub’s democracy movement was crushed.
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China's Xi backs zero-Covid policy as Shanghai expands mass testing
SHANGHAI, China — President Xi Jinping said China must stick “unswervingly” to its zero-Covid strategy, as more than half of Shanghai’s 25 million lockdown-weary residents gird Friday for a weekend virus testing drive.
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Xi speaks with UN rights chief as Xinjiang row rages
BEIJING, China — Chinese President Xi Jinping held a video call with UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday, as she visits Xinjiang during a mission overshadowed by fresh allegations of Uyghur abuses and fears she is being used as a public relations tool.
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Xi talks to Marcos Jr. on carrying forward PH-China ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping said that China and the Philippines should “write a grand story” on the relationship between the two countries under the administration of presumptive Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr., a Chinese envoy said.
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China's Xi urges 'all-out' infrastructure push to boost growth
BEIJING, China – China’s Xi Jinping has called for an “all-out” campaign to build infrastructure, according to state media, marking the latest attempt by leaders to boost growth in the Covid-battered economy.
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Xi tells Duterte: China ready to bring ties with PH to 'new levels'
Chinese President Xi Jinping said that his country maintains the continuity and stability in its policy toward the Philippines, saying China is willing to work to bring the relationship between the two nations to “new levels.”
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Duterte, Xi hold 'warm,' 'positive' talks, vow to further enhance PH-China ties
President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed further to enhance the relationship between the Philippines and China, noting that the ties between the two neighboring countries have improved over the past six years.
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Duterte-Xi meeting initiated by China, says Palace
Malacañang revealed that the Chinese government initiated the upcoming meeting between President Duterte and President Xi Jinping but said it was still in the preparatory stage.
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'We don't want war': Duterte to talk to Xi on April 8
President Duterte revealed that he is set to talk to Chinese President Xi Jinping on April 8, reiterating his worries that the armed conflict in Eastern Europe might spill over to Asia and get the Philippines in the “vortex of a war” in the region.
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Biden to press Xi to get in line over condemnation of Russia
WASHINGTON, United States – US President Joe Biden will warn his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Friday that he will face “costs” if Beijing rescues fellow authoritarian ally Russia from intense Western sanctions aimed at punishing Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
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China to 'stick with' zero-Covid strategy, President Xi says
BEIJING, China – Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday the country will “stick with” its zero-Covid strategy, state TV reported, as the world’s most populous nation battles its largest outbreak since the early days of the pandemic.
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PH-China ties: Room for more growth
While referring to the past six years as a “good momentum” for their relationship, the Philippines and China agreed that there is more room for growth in the ties that bind the two neighbors.
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Xi to meet Putin as tensions rise with West
BEIJING, China — China’s President Xi Jinping is poised for his first face-to-face meeting with a world leader in nearly two years on Friday when he hosts Russia’s Vladimir Putin, with the pair drawing closer as tensions grow with the West.
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Find out what Duterte, Xi discussed in 45-min long phone call
Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed that China will continue to support the Duterte administration’s flagship infrastructure modernization program and, perhaps more urgently, its aim to locally produce vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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Duterte thanks China for Sinopharm donation: ‘PH will stay neutral, true to what we guaranteed’ Beijing
President Duterte thanked China for the latest donation of Sinopharm vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that can sustain the country’s fight against the pandemic.