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SEOUL — Chinese leader Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un celebrated what they called the “unbreakable” bond between their two countries on Monday, with Xi in Pyongyang, as they sought to ...

Almost a decade since President Trump last visited China, WSJ’s Jonathan Cheng says Beijing’s grip on the global economy has only strengthened. Photo: Evan Vucci/Pool/Associated Press Chinese leader ...

SEOUL, June 8 (UPI) --Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in North Korea on Monday for a two-day state visit, his first trip to the isolated country in seven years, as Beijing and Pyongyang ...

Researchers have developed a method for making simultaneous soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) measurements of solid-liquid interfaces and bulk liquids. By controlling the thickness of the ...

State of Play, a podcast and commentary series produced by the CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department, features timely analysis from CSIS’s leading regional experts on geopolitical ...

China will buy $17 billion of U.S. agricultural products each year through 2028, the White House said. The U.S. readout also mentioned access to rare earths, while China's did not. The two sides ...

Spare a moment, please, for the lame-duck superpower. It calls itself the leader of the free world, but the free world no longer believes it. When it extends its hand, nobody rushes to accept. When it ...

President Trump is returning to Washington after a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The two sides announced they would launch a board of trade and investment, but beyond that, there are few ...

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures towards Chinese President Xi Jinping while leaving after a visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Evan Vucci/Pool Photo via AP) Trump ...

President Donald Trump had a wonderful time on his big trip to China. After all, what’s not to like? In a series of meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Trump delivered a stunning highlight reel ...