The state visit is happening amid Sino-European tensions, but Xi has lauded China’s French connection as a model for international relations.
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The president of the New York-based EcoHealth Alliance says its work in China did not cause the novel coronavirus to spread in 2019.
The 53-day Chang’e 6 mission is scheduled to depart Earth this week, and return home with about 2 kilograms of moon soil.
China’s president warned the US not to ‘say one thing and do another’ when it came to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and urged the US to stop thinking of China as a rival.
The US Secretary of State’s latest trip is aimed at addressing issues that have soured bilateral relations in recent years.
Some 80 tremblors were recorded in Taiwan in the past two days, one of them registering a magnitude of 6.3, and more are expected over the coming months.
The biggest issue is tension between the governments of the two countries, according to the American Chamber of Commerce in China.
Annual rains hit Guangdong province sooner than usual this year, with more than 100,000 people being relocated due to flooding.
Figures from the International Energy Agency show that sales of Chinese EVs are skyrocketing, with Europe and the US at distant second and third places.