She significantly softens her usual tough stance towards China by expressing her willingness to "deepen her personal relationship" with the leader of the Asian superpower. Chinese officials took five days to formally congratulate Sanae Takaichi after her election on October 21 as the first woman to govern Japan.

Chinese president Xi Jinping and Canadian PM Mark Carney, in the first formal sit-down since 2017, discussed about agriculture and agri-food products, including canola, seafood

World leaders kicked off the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit on Friday, with Chinese President Xi Jinping taking the spotlight to address global trade uncertainties.

Anutin said Thailand hopes to strengthen multilateral collaboration with China to promote regional peace, stability and prosperity. Thailand will continue to harshly crack down on online gambling and telecom fraud, he added.

Trump claimed the meeting was “amazing” and a “12” on a scale of 1-10, but experts have said Xi successfully leveraged China’s rare earths advantage.

President Donald Trump described his face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday as a roaring success, saying he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to allow the export of rare earth elements and start buying American soybeans.

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are set to meet today in Busan on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which is a high-stakes encounte

Trump, 79, was overheard claiming during a diplomatic dinner hosted by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung that the Thursday meeting with Xi would stretch “three to four hours” — despite official guidance from the White House budgeting a little under two hours for the summit.

The Japanese government said its Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first talks Friday afternoon in South Korea, Kyodo News Agency reported.

The president said he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to allow the export of rare earth elements and start buying American soybeans.

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul confirmed to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday that his government has no policy to use casinos as a key economic driver, aiming to provide assurance that the current Thai administration will not pursue casino-related policies.

Xi told Trump that Beijing had been helping the two Southeast Asian neighbours to settle their border dispute "in our own way", South China Morning Post reported.