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Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Biden’s coming summit follows a period of spiraling tensions. Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated PressThe U.S. and China made it official, announcing Friday that President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will meet next week for a summit that both powers say they want to keep their sprawling rivalry in check. The summit in the San Francisco Bay Area, which U.S. officials said will take place next Wednesday, will be the leaders’ first face-to-face meeting in a year. It comes after a period of spiraling tensions over technology, U.S. support for Taiwan and other issues and follows months of painstaking maneuvering by both governments to stabilize ties.

Persons: Xi Jinping, Biden’s, Alex Brandon, Biden, ’ Organizations: Associated Press, San Francisco Bay Area Locations: China, San Francisco Bay, Taiwan

Persons: Xi Jinping, Biden’s, Alex Brandon, Biden, ’ Organizations: Associated Press, San Francisco Bay Area Locations: China, San Francisco Bay, Taiwan

☆ China Tries to Lure Its Unemployed Youth to the Countryside
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Brian Spegele | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

ZHAOQING, China—During the Cultural Revolution, a teenage Xi Jinping was sent down to the countryside, where he spent years in the late 1960s and early ’70s toiling on farms and reading books in a cave. Half a century later, China’s leader wants more young people to follow his lead.

Persons: Xi Jinping Locations: ZHAOQING, China

California Gov. Gavin Newsom meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Photo: /Associated PressChinese leader Xi Jinping met with California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, part of a Chinese charm offensive that appears to be laying the groundwork for Xi to meet with President Biden in San Francisco next month. The California Democrat took meetings with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Vice President Han Zheng earlier on Wednesday before his audience with Xi in the afternoon.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Xi Jinping, Xi, Biden, Newsom, Wang Yi, Han Zheng Organizations: Associated Press, California Gov, of, California Democrat, Chinese Foreign Locations: California, Beijing, Beijing’s, San Francisco, China

☆ In Beijing, Xi and Putin Double Down on Path to New World Order
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Brian Spegele | Wenxin Fan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin said there would be “close foreign policy coordination” with China during a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday. President Putin’s spokesperson said the two leaders would discuss the Israel-Hamas conflict. Photo: Sergey Guneev/Sputnik/Kremlin Po/ShutterstockBEIJING—With one war raging in Ukraine and another unfolding in the Middle East, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is promoting his signature foreign-policy project as a force for unity, cooperation and prosperity around the globe. At a summit convened here to celebrate the Belt and Road Initiative, the picture looked more fractured.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Putin’s, Sergey Guneev Organizations: BEIJING, Initiative Locations: China, Israel, Ukraine, East

☆ China’s Xi Doubles Down on Belt and Road as Path to New World Order
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Brian Spegele | Wenxin Fan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Putin’s, Sergey Guneev Organizations: BEIJING, Initiative Locations: China, Israel, Ukraine, East

☆ Defying U.S. Pressure, China Rolls Out Red Carpet for Putin
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Brian Spegele | James T. Areddy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones, vladimir, putin Locations: russia, beijing

☆ Vladimir Putin Lands in Beijing to Reinforce China Ties and Counter U.S. Pressure
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Brian Spegele | James T. Areddy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Dow Jones, vladimir, putin Locations: russia, beijing

☆ Schumer Criticizes China’s Response to Israel in Meeting With Xi
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Brian Spegele | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Caught Between China and Russia, Mongolia Seeks Closer U.S. Ties
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Brian Spegele | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ How Bad Is China’s Economy? Millions of Young People Are Unemployed and Disillusioned
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Brian Spegele | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ U.S. Weighs Potential Deal With China on Fentanyl
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Brian Spegele | Charles Hutzler | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Janet Yellen Hails Progress in Stabilizing Rocky U.S.-China Ties
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Brian Spegele | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Janet Yellen Says U.S., China Making Progress on Managing Economic Tensions
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Brian Spegele | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Yellen Presses China for Better Communication to Avoid Economic Risks
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Brian Spegele | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Yellen Says U.S. Doesn’t Seek ‘Winner Take All’ Fight With China
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Brian Spegele | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Russia Turmoil Undermines China’s Global Diplomatic Push
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Brian Spegele | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ China’s Power Politics Clouds Its Ukraine Peace Efforts
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Brian Spegele | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

BEIJING—A Chinese envoy tasked with helping broker an end to the fighting in Ukraine will find himself contending with doubts raised by Beijing’s close ties to Moscow and questions about its respect for other countries’ sovereignty as he travels through Europe this week. Li Hui, China’s special representative for Eurasian affairs, will visit Ukraine and Russia, as well as Poland, France and Germany beginning Monday, in a trip that represents China’s most concrete step yet to insert itself into diplomacy aimed at ending the war.

☆ Chinese Foreign Minister Scolds U.S. Envoy Over Taiwan
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Brian Spegele | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing earlier this year. Photo: Lintao Zhang/Getty ImagesBEIJING—China’s foreign minister rebuked the American ambassador in Beijing for what he said was Washington’s support of Taiwan and indicated that his side wanted concessions from the U.S. in return for improved lines of communication sought by the White House. In a readout of their meeting on Monday from China’s Foreign Ministry, Qin Gang described the U.S. as hypocritical for trying to bolster communication channels between the countries on one hand, while simultaneously brushing up against what China sees as its Taiwan red lines.

☆ China Balks at U.S. Push for Better Communications During Crises
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Brian Spegele | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

BEIJING—China is resisting a U.S. push to build more-reliable systems for communicating in a crisis, raising the risk that a miscalculation by either side’s military could spill into conflict. Rarely since the Cold War have tensions between two global powers risen to the levels that exist between the U.S. and China today. But unlike the Soviets, who embraced crisis hotlines with Washington as a way to defuse tensions, Beijing is resisting the establishment of new communication channels. As Chinese officials see it, hotlines give the U.S. cover to continue what they view as provocative military operations in China’s backyard.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said China respects the sovereign status of the former Soviet republics. Photo: Andy Wong/Associated PressChina said that it respected the sovereignty of former Soviet republics, seeking to contain a diplomatic uproar after Beijing’s ambassador to France appeared to question their status under international law. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said there had been no change in Beijing’s position after three Baltic states—Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia—said they would summon Chinese officials over the ambassador’s remarks, which suggested that the former Soviet republics weren’t legitimate.

☆ At the China-Russia Border, the Xi-Putin Partnership Shows Signs of Fraying
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Brian Spegele | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

HEIHE, China—Years of investment in cities along the China-Russia border were intended to open the door to mutual prosperity and close partnership between the two global powers. The potholed streets, stray dogs and empty storefronts of Heihe, on the border in China’s far north, are more reminiscent of a declining U.S. Rust-Belt city. The city’s International Trade Center, a three-story shopping complex, was once popular with Russian shoppers looking for furs, leather coats and shoes. Now, stores covering only half the ground floor are open for business.

☆ The Xi-Putin ‘No Limits’ Partnership Is Undercut by Frayed Economic Ties
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( Brian Spegele | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ China’s Foreign Minister Says Ties With U.S. Risk Going Off the Rails
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Brian Spegele | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

BEIJING—China’s foreign minister warned that the U.S. strategy toward China risked plunging the countries into conflict and pledged to continue responding strongly to what he viewed as persistent attacks on Beijing by Washington. In a press conference Tuesday on the sidelines of China’s annual gathering of its National People’s Congress in Beijing, Qin Gang said the Biden administration is being insincere when it says it wants to erect guardrails around the relationship, warned the U.S. against engaging in “new McCarthyism” and praised China’s ties with Russia.

☆ China’s Military-Spending Growth to Accelerate to 7.2% This Year
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Brian Spegele | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Military delegates leaving the Great Hall of the People in Beijing after Sunday’s opening session of the National People’s Congress. BEIJING—China plans to boost its military spending by 7.2% this year, the government said Sunday, accelerating its military buildup as tensions rise with the U.S. and its allies over Taiwan. Total military expenditures this year will reach the equivalent of about $224 billion, according to a draft budget report issued at the opening of the annual gathering of China’s National People’s Congress. That growth rate would be the fastest since 2019 and exceeds Beijing’s target for gross domestic product growth this year.

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