The Latest Breaking News from Xi Jinping

Biden tells Xi ‘our meetings have always been candid, straightforward’ and that it’s ‘paramount that we understand each other truly, leader to leader’

Mr Biden’s top advisers have laboured for months at repairing a rupture that dates back to then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s August 2022 trip to Taiwan

Taiwan will take part in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in San Francisco this week, a rare opportunity for the self-governing island democracy of 23 million people and its high-tech economy to break the diplomatic embargo on it imposed by authoritarian China

Tensions have been raised between the US and China since February’s spy balloon incident

The House passed a two-tier spending bill on a dramatic day of Republican infighting. Americans are split over whether Israel's response to Hamas is "too much" or "about right," a new poll finds.

Leaders from public and private sectors seek to thaw relations with China amid concerns over market access

World Health Organization ‘extremely worried’ for health workers and patients. Plus, rare stamp sells for record-setting $2m

Ahead of the highly anticipated meeting on Wednesday between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Chinese state media have taken a new tone toward the U.S. with less negative coverage, calls for a return to warmer ties and stories of Americans with positive connections to the country

December S&P 500 futures (ESZ23) are trending up +0.34% this morning as market participants digested strong industrial output and retail sales data from China while also bracing for crucial U.S. PPI and retail sales data.