Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called for greater representation for women in politics and government at a global women's summit in Beijing, a move he said would ensure that gender equality is "truly internalised" within society.

President Trump threatened Friday to cancel his planned meeting later this month with Chinese President Xi Jinping and to impose “massive” new tariffs over Beijing’s new export controls.

President Trump seems to be extending an olive branch to China's Xi Jinping after dropping his latest tariff threat on Friday. On Sunday, Trump wrote on his social media account: "Don’t worry about China,

Trade numbers confirm that Chinese exports to the United States fell, but jumped globally, as a new 100% tariff threat from US President Donald Trump promises a rocky patch ahead of trade negotiations between the world's two strongest economies.

Trump accused China of seeking to 'hold the world captive' with new export controls on rare earth minerals, vowing the United States will respond.

President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday that “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping during an upcoming trip to South Korea after China restricted exports of rare earths that are vital to U.S. industries.

In Western embassies and businesses in Beijing, China’s explanations inspire a mixture of alarm and incredulity. Given that Ukraine is being battered, day and night, by Russian drones and missiles packed with Chinese-made components, the ministry’s pious talk of world peace is called “preposterous”.

Beijing’s recent moves – wider export curbs on rare earth and other critical minerals, new port fees on American ships, and an antitrust probe into an acquisition by US chip company Qualcomm – mark a sharp reversal from the conciliatory tone it had struck earlier to pave the way for a highly anticipated Xi-Trump meeting at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea later this month Read more at straitstimes.