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Xi lands in US for high-stakes summit with Trump amid deep tensions

Chinese leader begins 48-hour visit as Trump seeks progress on AI, Iran, rare earths and trade, with expectations for deals low Chinese President Xi Jinping landed at Joint Base Andrews late Wednesday afternoon after a 15-hour flight where he was met on the tarmac by US President Donald Trump in an unusual move for a top American leader as the two sides extended a trade truce. Xi, accompanied by first lady Peng Liyuan, senior Chinese official Cai Qi, Foreign Minister Wang Yi and several other Chinese dignitaries, were greeted with a modest arrival ceremony. “China and the United States are great nations, and their peoples are great peoples.,” Xi told Trump, according to Xinhua News, in a written statement conveyed to the US president. “The two peoples have enjoyed long-standing friendly exchanges, and their interests are deeply intertwined.”

September 23, 2026

Industry

China is leveraging its diaspora to boost the economy, unlike India

While Beijing has turned its diaspora into an extension of its domestic economy, New Delhi has largely allowed its diaspora to strengthen other economies A country’s diaspora can be a symbol of its pride and power. A nation’s diaspora can help it build international value through success stories, promote its soft power through culture and contribute to its economic progress through remittances, investments and transfers of expertise. India and China have among the world’s largest diasporas. They also offer two very different models of how countries can leverage their diasporas.

September 23, 2026

Industry

Xi calls for cooperation with US after Trump’s airport welcome – as it happened

The Chinese president began a three-day visit to Washington, with a host of vital topics to be discussed This live article is freely available to our registered users. Please log in or create an account. On this first day of Xi’s three-day trip, he was met at the military airstrip by Trump himself, in an extraordinary break from protocol that Xi did not afford the American president on his trip to Beijing. In a written statement published after his arrival, Xi said the two countries “should be partners rather than adversaries” and foster a “stable relationship defined by cooperation as the mainstay”. Reporting by Teresa Frontado, Mark Magnier, Lucy Quaggin, Nayan Seth, Han Li, Khushboo Razdan, Vincent Chow, Holly Chik, Siqi Ji and Dewey Sim All times given in blog entries are Eastern Time (UTC-5, HKT-13)

September 23, 2026

Industry

Donald Trump built a US$5 million White House helipad. Don’t expect Xi Jinping to use it

US President Donald Trump has been very eager to show off to Chinese leader Xi Jinping his new US$5 million White House helipad, his latest bid to stamp his image on Washington. While Xi might act impressed and compliment the US president on his latest building project – part of Trump’s bid to match Xi’s splendour-filled hosting four months ago in Beijing and show the Chinese that Americans can build infrastructure too – do not count on Xi actually trying it out with a chopper ride this week...

September 23, 2026

Industry

All you need to know about a state visit, as White House rolls out red carpet for Xi

A grand military welcome, a state dinner, tea at the White House and a tour of the National Archives: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington will see his American counterpart, Donald Trump, roll out the pomp and pageantry. The United States’ capital is bracing for high-level bilateral discussions served with a side of symbolic gestures, marking Xi’s first state visit to the country since 2015. But what exactly makes this a state visit, and how does it differ from other official...

September 23, 2026

Industry

Paraguay’s president urges UN to let Taiwan in, calls island’s exclusion ‘a stain’

South American leader backs Taiwan’s UN participation and warns of global fallout from a strait conflict Paraguayan President Santiago Pena told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that his country “is not neutral” on the Taiwan Strait, pledging support for the self-ruled island and calling for its “full and meaningful participation” in the UN system. Casting a conflict in the strait as a potentially far greater threat than the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Pena warned of “ominous clouds gathering over the Indo-Pacific” and of a conflict that would hit Japan, the rest of East and Southeast Asia and global chip supplies. “Anyone pretending that this is far off or too distant to matter simply has not understood the 21st century,” Pena said, arguing that microchips had become to this century what oil was to the last. With stakes that “could scarcely be higher” and “the very future of humanity” on the line, neutrality was not an option for Asuncion.

September 23, 2026

Industry

American views of China improve before Xi-Trump summit, Pew report finds

China’s average rating has risen from 28 to 37 since 2021, with younger Americans and Democrats expressing warmer views Using a “feeling thermometer” ranging from zero, the coldest rating, to 100, the warmest, Pew found that Americans gave China an average rating of 37, up from 28 in 2021. “The [Xi-Trump] meeting comes as Americans’ feelings about China have warmed in recent years, even though they remain cold overall,” Pew researchers Laura Silver and Laura Clancy wrote. The share of US adults giving China a warm rating, from 51 to 100, has risen from 11 per cent in 2021 to 19 per cent today.

September 23, 2026

Industry

Bessent announces 2-month extension of US-China trade truce

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Wednesday that Washington and Beijing have agreed to extend the trade agreement reached in South Korea for just two months, as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for a state visit. “We have agreed ⁠today that we will extend what ⁠we call the Busan Agreement,” Bessent said in an interview with Fox News, adding ‌the agreement ‌will be extended for two months until January 10. Bessent made the remarks hours after an unscheduled...

September 23, 2026

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Tesla’s Elon Musk hails Xi Jinping’s leadership and Chinese AI strength

Musk controls SpaceX, a Pentagon and US intelligence contractor, and his business ties with China have drawn scrutiny in Washington “He seems like a great leader. Under his tenure, China has prospered immensely. I’ve seen it first hand,” Musk said in one of a series of videos posted on CCTV’s social media account. “And it’s also obvious to see just walking around the streets, the … prosperity of the average Chinese citizen has increased tremendously. All that seems to happen under President Xi while he’s been the leader of China. So he’s clearly done an excellent job and is very capable.” Musk has extensive business ties with China, with Shanghai home to Tesla’s largest overseas manufacturing base. In recent years, those ties have drawn scrutiny in Washington because Musk also controls SpaceX, a major Pentagon and US intelligence contractor.

September 23, 2026

Industry

China CEOs to likely miss Xi’s US trip amid thin summit expectations

China will probably decide against inviting business leaders to join President Xi Jinping on his trip to the United States this week as the two countries struggle to reach investment agreements. A lack of agreement about a planned bilateral Board of Investment and differences over potential Chinese investments in the US have put the business delegation in doubt, the South China Morning Post said, citing a person familiar with the situation. The Wall Street Journal reported the story earlier. The...

September 23, 2026

Industry

China puts industry minister in charge of key semiconductor hub Anhui province

China’s industry minister is set to lead Anhui province, a key semiconductor hub, in the latest personnel reshuffle within the Communist Party. Li Lecheng, 61, has served as minister of industry and information technology since April 2025. State news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday that Li had been appointed the party secretary of Anhui and a member of its standing committee, taking over both roles from Liang Yanshun. Liang, Anhui party chief since June 2024, retains his role as party...

September 23, 2026

Industry

China’s first lady Peng Liyuan projects glamour and soft power on world stage

Xi Jinping’s wife is a famous singer and an important presence as she accompanies her husband on state visits They are expected to arrive at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, local time, to begin their three-day visit. On Thursday, Xi and Peng will be welcomed at the White House with a State Floor arrival ceremony and a Rose Garden military review. Following the official reception, Peng will visit the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art with Trump’s wife Melania, while the two presidents hold talks. They will all gather that evening for a state dinner.

September 23, 2026