Peng Liyuan

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Hungary Thursday seeking a "new journey" with Beijing's closest European Union ally amid Beijing's divisions with the West over the Ukraine war and global trade.

The state visit to Hungary is the last leg of Xi's European tour, his first to the continent since 2019.

BELGRADE - Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan have sent a New Year's message to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, a source in the Presidency of Serbia told Tanjug on Thursday.

It is the first New Year's message Vucic has received for 2024.

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged cooperation with the United States on trade and investment on April 6, inviting U.S. President Donald Trump to visit China in a cordial start to their first meeting likely to broach sensitive security and commercial issues.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to Britain next month, the British government said on Sept. 29, 10 years after the last such visit by a Chinese president.

The news of Xi's Oct 20-23 visit comes a week after British finance minister George Osborne visited China to strengthen economic and financial ties. 

President Barack Obama will offer his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping a full state welcome at the White House on September 25, amid deep and growing tensions between the top economic and political powers.
 

French companies have struck agreements worth EUR 18 B with China during its president's official visit to Paris.

A total of 50 deals were signed according to France's President Francois Hollande, who made the announcement after meeting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the Elysee Palace, France24's website has reported.