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new video loaded: Xi Welcomes Kissinger, Celebrating His Long Relationship With China transcript Back transcript Xi Welcomes Kissinger, Celebrating His Long Relationship With China The Chinese president and former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger met in the symbolic Villa No. 5, where Mr. Kissinger first met with a Chinese …

Henry A. Kissinger, the 100-year-old former secretary of state who has pushed the United States to take a more conciliatory approach to China, has made a surprise visit to Beijing, meeting with China’s defense minister. The previously unannounced trip by Mr. Kissinger, who more than 50 years ago helped pave …

China extends a hand as its economy sputters China’s economy slowed this spring, according to official numbers released yesterday, dashing hopes of a speedy post-pandemic recovery. Analysts said growth was hampered by high levels of debt, a real estate crisis, weak exports and ebbing foreign investment. The faltering economy appears …

The last time a U.S. Treasury secretary visited China, Washington and Beijing were locked in a trade war, the Trump administration was preparing to label China a currency manipulator, and fraying relations between the two countries were roiling global markets. Four years later, as Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen prepares …

When the ultrafast-fashion retailer Shein invited Kenya Freeman on a free two-week trip to China, she was thrilled. It has become a status symbol for Instagram and TikTok creators to be taken on paid excursions by brands, and Ms. Freeman, who had also been designing clothes for Shein for two …

By J.J. Brannock (The Center Square) Lawmakers are raising the alarm that ongoing U.S. and Chinese research partnerships are developing technology that could be used against the U.S. Members of the Select Committee on the CCP sent a letter to Secretary Antony Blinken this week asking the Biden administration to sever …

A gas explosion that ripped through a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China killed at least 31 people, officials said on Thursday, hours after the blast had turned the restaurant into a charred ruin. The explosion hit the two-story restaurant in Yinchuan, the capital of the Ningxia region, at 8:40 p.m. …

Under the deal, China will purchase four million metric tonnes of LNG annually from Qatar. Qatar has signed a 27-year gas supply deal with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the Gulf nation’s second major gas supply deal with a Chinese state-controlled company in less than a year. QatarEnergy and CNPC …

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met on Monday with Wang Yi, the top foreign policy official in China, in the second day of high-level diplomatic talks in Beijing between the two governments to try to rebuild channels of communication that crumbled during a dispute over a Chinese spy balloon …

A Chinese spy base or facilities in Cuba that could intercept electronic signals from nearby U.S. military and commercial buildings have been up and running since before 2019, when they were upgraded, according to a Biden administration official. The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence, …