President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump witnessed the signing of 15 commercial documents worth of $253.5 billion on Thursday, which was seen as a strong signal of increased trade between the world's two largest economies.
China's consumer inflation rate rose by a higher-than-expected 1.9 percent in October from a year earlier, compared with 1.6 percent in September, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.
With an elaborate welcoming ceremony at Beijing Capital International Airport and a tour arranged at the Forbidden City, President Xi Jinping gave his US counterpart Donald Trump a warm welcome at the beginning of his three-day state visit.
Chinese and US companies signed 19 agreements valued at about $9 billion on Wednesday covering areas such as energy, food and transport. It was an effort that Vice-Premier Wang Yang called a "warmup" for more agreements ahead.
President Xi Jinping has called on journalists to better perform their duties in recording the significant times and telling China's stories, and to play a bigger role while the country is on the path toward national rejuvenation.
The second volume of the book Xi Jinping: The Governance of China has been published in both Chinese and English language editions.
The first state visit of US President Donald Trump to China, which starts on Wednesday, is expected to be a "historic" success with joint efforts made by the two nations, senior diplomats of both sides said.
An exhibition will travel to the United States to tell the stories of Allied troops held at a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Shenyang, China, during World War II.
Negotiators and diplomats from around the world began two weeks of UN climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, on Monday. Their main task is to explore a "technical and operational" implementation road map for the Paris Agreement.
China's foreign exchange reserves rose slightly in October, capping nine consecutive months of increases, thanks to effective capital flow management and improving economic fundamentals, analysts said.
Beijing and Washington are expected to build a greater environment of consensus and boost mutual understanding on hot topics including trade and Korean Peninsula nuclear issues during US President Donald Trump's visit, which starts on Wednesday, analysts said.
The church massacre on Sunday - the third church shooting in the United States in two years - has people wondering when the carnage will stop.
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