Xi Jinping

Chinese President Xi Jinping, facing a skeptical audience on the first day of a week-long U.S. visit, sought to reassure business and government officials on Sept.22 over a long list of irritants, from economic reform to cyber attacks, human rights and commercial theft. 

US giant Boeing has signed deals with Chinese firms to sell 300 aircraft and open a completion centre in the Asian giant, China's official Xinhua news agency reported, as President Xi Jinping began his first state visit to the United States.
 

An American woman suspected of spying is being investigated, China's Foreign Ministry said on Sept.22, as President Xi Jinping left for the United States on an official visit. 

Sandy Phan-Gillis, of Texas, has been held by Chinese authorities for about six months and is suspected of spying and stealing state secrets, according to a statement from her family released this week. 

Britain pledged 2 billion ($3.1 billion) on Sept.21 for a nuclear plant set to be built in England by a consortium, including Chinese firms, which would be the country's first such new power station in decades.

As Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his first state visit to Washington this week, the outlook for relations is decidedly murkier than when he hosted President Barack Obama at their last summit less than a year ago.

China opposes Internet attacks and wants to work with the United States in cyberspace but will defend its interests, a senior Chinese official said on Sept. 17 after U.S. President Barack Obama warned of a forceful response to Beijing over hacking.

President Barack Obama will offer his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping a full state welcome at the White House on September 25, amid deep and growing tensions between the top economic and political powers.
 

Ministers and central bank chiefs from the world's top 20 economies sought Sept. 5 to bolster market confidence in the global economy, despite mounting alarm about the fallout from China's slowdown.
  

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has attended a military parade in Beijing organized to mark the 70th anniversary of victory over fascism.

The Beta agency quoted a statement from Nikolic's cabinet on Thursday to say that the ceremony started with Chinese President Xi Jinping greeting more than 49 heads of state and international organizations who attended.

President Xi Jinping announced on Sept. 3 he would cut troop levels by 300,000 as China held its biggest display of military might in a parade to commemorate victory over Japan in World War Two, an event shunned by most Western leaders.