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China-appointed Panchen Lama vows to make religion more Chinese in meeting with Xi Jinping
A young Tibetan appointed by China’s atheist Communist Party as the second-highest leader of Tibetan Buddhism has pledged to ...
Xi Jinping Reluctant To Meet 'Unpredictable' Trump: Report
Trump "is obsessed with having a call with Xi," according to a news outlet, but China's leader would want assurances, an ...
China plots giant Airbus order as Xi Jinping cosies up to Brussels
China is drawing up plans to order hundreds of Airbus planes as Xi Jinping seeks to build closer ties with Europe.
Trump-Xi call restores trade truce. But the supply chain war has no end in sight
Trump said in his Truth Social post that the hour-and-a-half conversation phone call was “focused almost entirely on TRADE,” ...
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A soccer mystery: Why mighty China fails at the world's biggest sport
China has qualified for only one men's World Cup. That was 2002 when it went scoreless and lost all three matches. Soccer's governing body FIFA places China at No. 94 in its rankings — behind war-torn ...
Sanctions-hit Belarus lauded by Xi as China's true friend
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping praised Belarus as a true friend of China as he met Alexander Lukashenko, the ...
Persecuted by Mao, Xi’s Father Became a Reformer. Did Xi Reject His Legacy?
Xi Zhongxun was purged by the Communist Party he served and went on to help reform Chinese politics. His son is the most ...
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The ‘Central Contradiction’ That Plagued Xi Jinping’s Father
A new biography of Xi Zhongxun shines light on both the suffering caused by one-party rule and the loyalty that keeps such a ...