China will provide $100 million in aid to the Palestinians to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and support reconstruction efforts, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday.

A summit between the president and Chinese leader Xi Jinping marks renewed engagement in a long-term superpower rivalry. China’s president wants the U.S. to oppose the democratic island’s independence. As the president goes to Asia, some of the region’s countries fear a “grand bargain” with China on economic issues could sideline security.

French President Emmanuel Macron will lobby his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, this week to try to avert tariffs on dairy and pork exports to China.

BEIJING, Dec 4 (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it is working on streamlining rare earth export licenses - a key promised outcome after a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his counterpart Xi Jinping.

French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting China for three days to focus on trade talks and the global crisis.

The Trump-Xi detente is providing US allies with a fleeting window to make good with Beijing, and some are seizing the moment.

CHINA has unveiled new “dirt cheap” missiles, already in mass production after successful combat trials, as fears grow that President Xi Jingping is about to invade Taiwan. The

French President Emmanuel Macron begins a three-day state visit to China, meeting President Xi Jinping in Beijing to strengthen economic ties and discuss global stability. Macron, accompanied by top French business leaders,