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Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for photos at the Office of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 14, 2025
CHINA’S President Xi Jinping warned there are “no winners” in a trade war today as he kicked off a diplomatic tour of south-east Asia.
President Xi also repeated China’s commitment to global trade, contrasting it with tariffs slapped on many nations by United States President Donald Trump.
Although President Trump has paused some tariffs, he has kept in place 145 per cent taxes on China, the world’s second-largest economy after the US by nominal GDP, or largest adjusted for purchasing power parity.
The world’s largest communist party marked its 105th birthday this week — and remains true to its principles and firm in its course, says OLIVER VARGAS
JENNY CLEGG looks at the key points that defined the China-US relationship, for now
The cancelled China trip of the German Foreign Minister marks a break with Helmut Schmidt’s China policy and drives Germany further into Washington’s confrontation course, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
KEVAN NELSON reports back from a delegation to the epic celebrations for the anniversary of Vietnam’s 1945 revolution, where British communists found a thriving, prosperous socialist country, brimming with ambition and well-earned national pride