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Eurasia
03/11/2023 10:11
The nation was shocked by the news and millions of people posted on Chinese social media to commemorate him when the news first broke on Friday morning.
Li served as premier for two terms between 2013 to 2023. He stepped down in March.
He was hailed by the party as “an excellent [party] member, a time-tested and loyal communist soldier and an outstanding proletarian revolutionist, statesman and leader of the party and the state”.
China is ready to work with the new US administration, Chinese President Xi Jinping stated after his final meeting with outgoing US President Joe Biden at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is on an official visit to Peru, where the next Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit will be held. Ahead of the meeting - where Xi will finally meet outgoing US President Joe Biden - the Chinese leader inaugurated a massive port in the Peruvian city of Chancay, which provides a direct route from the Asian superpower across the Pacific Ocean to South America.
On 5 November 2024, the Presidents of France and Kazakhstan, Emmanuel Macron and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held a meeting at the Élysée Palace. In addition to discussions on expanding economic and trade relations between the two countries.
There was a modest increase in the world's biggest trade action.