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Chinese President Xi Jinping said China and the United States have made progress on a number of issues during meetings with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing, AFP reports.

"We are ready to see him here. I want to talk to him," Zelensky said in an interview with the AP agency, adding that during 2022 he had no contact with the Chinese leader.

The United States has announced new export controls aimed at restricting China's ability to buy and manufacture high-end chips with military applications, stepping up tensions between the countries.

Anti-virus controls that have shut down some of China's biggest cities and fueled public irritation are spreading as infections rise, hurting a weak economy and prompting warnings of possible global shockwaves.

During the visit, President Vui will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and attend the opening of the Winter Olympic Games.
Vui arrived in Beijing early this morning, and was greeted at the airport by Vice Foreign Minister Deng Li on behalf of the President of China.

Interpol kicked off its annual meeting in Istanbul yesterday, to discuss security threats and crime trends as well as to hold a closely-watched election for the international police body's new leadership.

The two statesmen then chaired a meeting of the two delegations.

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China will allow couples to have three children after a census showed its population is rapidly ageing, state media said Monday, further unwinding four decades of strict family planning controls in the world's most populous nation.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism Mariana Nikolova took part in the video conference meeting of the "17+1" summit meeting, the government press office reported.

Former Interpol chief Chinese Meng Hongwei was sentenced to 13 years and 6 months for corruption, world agencies cited, citing Chinese justice. 

Country's first head of policing agency abused his previous positions in China to receive US million in bribes between 2005 and 2017, Chinese court rules, South China Morning Post reported.