Xi-Trump meeting to begin in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday held a banquet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to welcome U.S. President Donald Trump on his state visit to China. Addressing the banquet, Xi said the China-U.S. relationship is the most important bilateral relationship in the current world.

China sent a new satellite group into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Tuesday. The satellite group was launched at 7:59 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket and entered its preset orbit successfully. It will constitute the Spacesail Constellation, a mega commercial Chinese low-orbit satellite network.

A contestant performs during the national final of the 19th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese proficiency competition for foreign secondary school students in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, May 14, 2026.

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with visiting U.S. President Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday. Transformation not seen in a century is accelerating across the globe, and the international situation is fluid and turbulent, said Xi.

An intelligent traffic management robot is on duty at a crossroad in the Hubin business area of Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 11, 2026. Fifteen intelligent traffic management robots have been deployed at key intersections of the West Lake scenic area, Hubin business area, and main urban roads in Hangzhou.