US President-elect, Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on the entire world. On the other hand, Xi Jinping is once again wasting no time in positioning himself as the main defender of the international trading system, according to a detailed report by Bloomberg.

Xi emerges as global advocate for free trade, countering Trump

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Chinese counterpart Quan Gang in Beijing. Blinken's trip to China is the highest level one taken by a US official in almost five years. As the two superpowers sought to defuse their escalating rivalry, both sides held talks in the hopes of enhancing communication and averting future conflict.

Blinken in Beijing: Antony Blinken likely to meet President Xi

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday wrote to India’s new President Droupadi Murmu calling to “properly handle differences and push bilateral ties forward in the right track”.

Chinese President Xi Jinping writes to India’s new President Droupadi Murmu

Chinese President Xi urged people to read more on the occasion of World Book Day as his book recommendations began trending on Chinese social media. The Chinese president also asked Communist Party leaders to "take the lead in reading" and encouraged children to develop reading habits.

President Xi's booklist: Tagore, Shakespeare & Russian writers

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call to Chinese President Xi Jinping said Uyghur Turks should live in prosperity and peace as "equal citizens" of China.

Uyghur Turks should live in peace as equal citizens of China: Erdogan to President Xi Jinping

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaking virtually at the World Economic Forum(WEF) warned against the "new Cold War". Watch: "To build small cliques or start a new Cold War, to reject, threaten or intimidate others.

New Cold War will only push the world into division, says President Xi at World Economic Forum

President Xi while addressing the Communist Party of China (CPC) said that "time and momentum are on our side" even as the country continues to battle the virus.

Time and momentum on our side, asserts Chinese President Xi amid virus

President Xi Jinping today "congratulated" president-elect Joe Biden for winning US elections on November 3, Chinese state media reported. Watch: Earlier, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin had said: “We respect the choice of the American people.

President Xi congratulates president-elect Joe Biden on US election victory

Amid reports of Chinese foreign minister seeking to meet Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, a Japanese academician has claimed that the government rejected an offer from China to reduce tensions in the disputed East China Sea.

Japanese academic claims Abe government snubbed President Xi's East China Sea peace offer

Chinese tycoon Ren Zhiqiang who called President Xi Jinping a "clown" has been jailed for 18 years over corruption, bribery and embezzlement of public funds. Also Read: China critic who called President Xi a 'clown' being investigated by Communist Party Ren had criticised China's response to the coronavirus pandemic under President Xi in an essay.

China jails property tycoon who called Xi a 'clown'

China’s boom has been powered by debt as the Communist Party began chasing superpower status with a credit card and the world knows when you buy something with a credit card, you are spending money that you don’t really have and one day you will have to return it.

China's debt trap increases amid budget deficit, BRI roadblock

While the world is fighting a pandemic, China's President Xi Jinping is making moves to amass more power on the world stage. But, President Xi's hunger for power is creating more problems for China.

Gravitas: Xi Jinping's power trip isolates China

Chinese President Xi Jinping is visiting provinces in China, he is on a photo op mission - is this because he is not confident he has popular support anymore - there are growing murmurs of discontent in China, residents are angry with the mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Amid coronavirus pandemic, China aims to 'humanise' President Xi's policies

After a German media report said that China's President Xi had phoned World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom to delay warning on the coronavirus in January, China's foreign ministry said that the Chinese leader "did not speak with the WHO director-general".

China denies President Xi spoke to WHO chief Tedros on delaying coronavirus warning

China's President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan today nearly seventy days after the first coronavirus cases were reported. Also Read: Trump to announce 'major' steps to aid US economy amid coronavirus fear In Wuhan, President Xi interacted with the people who have been fighting the outbreak on the ground - medical staff, police officers, community workers and military personnel.

Coronavirus basically curbed in Hubei province, says President Xi during visit to Wuhan

The death toll in China's coronavirus crossed 1,000 on Tuesday with over 42,000 infected nationwide, the health ministry said. In Pics: Xi Jinping finally resurfaces after conjecture amid coronavirus outbreak The health commission reported 108 new deaths with Hubei province which is the epicentre of the virus reporting 103 fatalities.

President Xi visits hospital in Beijing as coronavirus death toll crosses 1,000 in China

Reported missing is a citizen journalist who had been reporting from the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, which marks another whistleblower that the Chinese authorities have allegedly silenced.

Chinese journalist reported missing; list of whistleblowers vanishing grows as fast as coronavirus

Mass cremations could be seen in Wuhan and Chongqing, following the high sulphur dioxide levels in the quarantined area. Alarming levels of SO2 around Wuhan have been detected by satellite maps in recent days, which is the epicentre of the outbreak.

High SO2 levels reported around Wuhan and Chongqing, the world suspects Chinese officials of burning coronavirus corpses

Chinese President Xi Jinping met Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday while vowing to bring about a "new era" in relations with Myanmar. Xi was accorded a ceremonial welcome by the Myanmar President Win Myint who called the Chinese president's visit a "very historic and important trip".

President Xi meets Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar President with eye on Belt and Road project

China's first domestically built aircraft carrier was commissioned to the Army, state media reported. Last month, China had confirmed that the new carrier had passed the South China Sea for tests and had taken part in exercises in the Taiwan Straits.

China's first domestically built aircraft carrier enters service

Just hours after his India visit, President Xi arrived in Nepal on a two-day visit to further trade relations and "enhance connectivity" between the two countries.

China to carry out feasibility study on trans-border railways linking Nepal: Xi

China's Tiananmen Square lit up as the country celebrated 70 years of the founding of the People's Republic. Thousands of participants filled the Square with Chinese President Xi looking on as people with people from around the country in attendance.

People's Republic of China celebrates 70th anniversary in Beijing

As China gears up to celebrate 70th anniversary of its founding, President Xi Jinping said Hong Kong has the "homeland's full support" and it "must develop and progress together with the mainland".

Hong Kong should develop & progress with China, says Xi ahead of 70th anniversary celebrations

The United States hit China with new import duties Thursday on more than $4 billion in imported wooden cabinets and vanities, after finding manufacturers there benefit from unfair subsidies.

Now, US slaps duties on $4.4 billion in imported Chinese cabinets, vanities

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