BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping held phone talks on Friday (Jan 17) with US president-elect Donald Trump, Chinese state media reported. CCTV said the phone call happened "on the evening of January 17",

Donald Trump said he held a “very good” phone call with China’s President Xi Jinping, as the US-President elect prepares to return to the White House next week.

The conversation, which marked the first interaction between the two leaders since Trump’s departure after his first term.

President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have discussed trade, fentanyl and TikTok in a phone call Friday, just days before Trump heads back to the White House.

It will be harder for China to balance the needs of its faltering economy with its international relations priorities. But there may be opportunities with Trump the dealmaker.

Meanwhile, a slew of other tech executives including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg are reportedly set to attend the events on Monday.

Resolving the matter of nearly 270 pending adoptions from China could be a win-win for both Beijing and Washington, experts say.

Britain puts future of the islands on hold as president-elect’s concerns over boost to Chinese influence remain

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed issues including TikTok, trade and Taiwan in a phone call on Friday, just days before Trump takes office again promising tariffs that could ratchet up tensions between the world's two biggest economies.

Gao’s sin? Saying that China may have grown just 2% over the last two or three years, less than half the rate Xi’s government claims. The reason Gao is allegedly being silenced is for shining a brighter-than-usual spotlight on one of the biggest perception problems facing Xi’s Communist Party: that China routinely cooks the GDP books.

US president-elect Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed TikTok before the US Supreme Court handed down its ruling upholding a law that would ban the social media platform in the country if it is not sold to a non-Chinese buyer.