Chinese President Xi Jinping has refocused national anti-corruption efforts on illegal villas and “private resorts”, luxury developments that have come to symbolise excess and graft over the past two decades.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has hailed his country’s technological progress in areas such as artificial intelligence and semiconductors.

Xi Jinping said AI models and breakthroughs in local chip development have boosted China "in a race to the top."

President Trump said that his actions in Venezuela did not set a precedent for other countries like Russia and China because he claimed he was responding to a “real threat.”

Mark Carney’s decision to open the way for imports of Chinese electric vehicles has rattled Canadian auto executives and raised concerns about how far the prime minister is willing to go in diverging from US strategy.

Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.

BEIJING >> Canada and China have struck an initial trade deal that will slash tariffs on electric vehicles and canola, Prime Minister Mark Carney said today, as both nations promised to tear down trade barriers while forging new strategic ties.