Chinese President Xi Jinping lashed out at inflated growth numbers and vowed to crack down on the pursuit of “reckless” projects that have no purpose except showing superficial results.

President Xi Jinping meets with Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Sam Hou Fai, who is on a duty visit to Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 16, 2025. Photo: Xinhua President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met with Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) John Lee,

China’s rise is unstoppable, president tells central economic work conference, hails ‘moral backbone’ in rare allusion to US trade war.

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.

An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on the strategic measure of expanding domestic demand will be published on Tuesday.

China faces a precarious economic situation with record $1 trillion exports while domestic growth falters. Retail sales and fixed-asset investment hit alarming lows, raising concerns about the effectiveness of Xi Jinping's growth model in the face of external pressures and internal crises.

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday that Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy provides powerful intellectual tools and scientific guidance for Chinese diplomacy to forge ahead courageously.

BEIJING -- A symposium on the study and research of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy was held in Beijing on Tuesday. Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and China's foreign minister, attended and addressed the event.