Tag: Xi Jinping

Beijing: Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping as “good friends”, China on Monday hoped that the two leaders would discuss their respective trade frictions with the US and reach a consensus on opposing trade protectionism during their “very important” meeting this week on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Bishkek. This […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have bilateral meetings with leaders of Russia and China during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit later this month but not with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. “No meeting is being organised between Prime Minister Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. There is nothing more that I […]

Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan): China has simplified some regulations related to import of certain goods from India to address the trade imbalance as President Xi Jinping on Thursday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi here that he will be taking further such steps. This was stated by Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale at a media briefing after Modi […]

Mumbai: Sensex and Nifty traded on a flat note during the morning trade session on Tuesday. Traders remain cautious ahead of the Union Budget and a key meeting between US and Chinese Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, where the two leaders are likely to discuss the ongoing […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the US would impose “very substantial” tariffs on China if the two countries were unable to reach a trade deal during his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan. “I would do additional tariffs … very substantial […]

Islamabad/Beijing: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in Beijing on Tuesday on his third official visit to China where he is slated to discuss issues of regional and bilateral importance with Chinese President Xi Jinping and his counterpart Li Keqiang. Upon his arrival in Beijing, Khan was received by Chinese Minister of Culture and Tourism […]

Beijing: As Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived here Tuesday for talks with Xi Jinping ahead of the Chinese President’s important visit to India, China said the Kashmir issue should be resolved between New Delhi and Islamabad, significantly omitting its recent references to the UN and UN Security Council resolutions. Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang […]

Kathmandu: Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that China will provide Nepalese Rs 56 billion assistance to Kathmandu over the next two years to help Nepal’s development programmes as the two countries inked 20 agreements on Sunday to bolster their bilateral ties. Xi, who arrived here on Saturday after a two-day informal summit with Prime […]

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has issued a stern warning against dissent as protests continue in Hong Kong, saying any attempt to divide China will end in “crushed bodies and shattered bones”. His comments came during a state visit to Nepal on Sunday, the BBC reported citing China’s state broadcaster CCTV. Several peaceful Hong Kong […]

New Delhi/Washington: Beijing has denied permission to American scientists to visit Wuhan Institute of Virology or any other part of China to investigate the origin of the novel coronavirus. US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo revealed this on Wednesday while speaking to Fox News about why greater transparency from the  Xi Jinping government was required. […]

Taipei/New Delhi: China on Friday threatened to conduct a “military mission” anytime from now till September 4 in the north of the Taiwan strait, provoking Taipei to warn Beijing against any attempt to annex the democratic island nation. Global Times, the mouthpiece of the Xi Jinping government, said that China’s Maritime Safety Administration had announced […]

New Delhi/Ladakh: The Xi Jinping regime on Monday evening threatened that China-India border tensions will “surely escalate this time,” since India had “crossed the LAC and purposely launched provocations.” The statement issued in Chinese state-run Global Times came after India on Monday morning revealed that it had pre-emptively thwarted Chinese intentions to unilaterally change the […]

New Delhi: The ugly face-off between Chinese President Xi Jinping and billionaire entrepreneur Jack Ma is set to deal a big blow to investments in the country. At a time when several foreign companies are looking at diversifying their supply sources by relocating their manufacturing facilities outside China, this recent development could lead to further […]