Xi-Trump meeting to begin in Beijing

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.

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.

Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon arrives in Beijing, capital of China, May 11, 2026. At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon arrived in Beijing on Monday for a state visit to China from May 11 to 14.

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.

Bionic hands are seen at the 28th China Beijing International High-tech Expo in Beijing, capital of China, May 8, 2026. The expo opened here on Friday and will last until May 10, attracting more than 800 exhibitors from home and abroad.