A young Tibetan appointed by China’s atheist Communist Party as the second-highest leader of Tibetan Buddhism has pledged to make the religion more Chinese.

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed trade negotiations between Washington and Beijing Thursday over the phone.

June 7, at the opening ceremony of the National Football Stadium, Lukashenko proposed to erect a monument to the head of China Si Jinping in Minsk, BelTA correspondent reports.

President Donald Trump says his first conversation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping since returning to the White House had a “very positive conclusion," announcing the two countries will hold trade talks in hopes of breaking an impasse over tariffs and global supplies of rare earth minerals.

President Trump railed against Xi Jinping in a late-night social media post days ahead of their planned call, complaining that the Chinese leader is “extremely hard to make a deal with” as trade talks stall.

In a crucial call on June 5, President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping reignited trade negotiations, focusing on resolving key disputes. Despite global tensions, the leaders avoided discussions on Russia,

Trump "is obsessed with having a call with Xi," according to a news outlet, but China's leader would want assurances, an expert told Newsweek.

Two foreign nations were charged with stalking a Los Angeles-based artist who had criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping, federal officials said.