President Donald Trump isn’t going to bulldoze China on trade like he did Europe. Two days after the EU agreed to a framework trade deal with the White House that some of the bloc’s national leaders regard as a capitulation, Trump’s negotiators left talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s team in Sweden with no breakthrough.

BEIJING -- The fifth volume of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" has been published by Foreign Languages Press in both Chinese and English and is now available at home and abroad, according to an official statement issued Wednesday. Four volumes of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" had been published in multiple languages since 2014.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has bluntly questioned a nationwide rush of investment into the AI and EV industries. As deflation anxiety grows and Trump’s trade war with China ramps up, the world’s second largest economy is turning to fast-growth tech industries to remain competitive.

China's top leadership has recently pledged to curb "involutionary" competition amid intense price wars in the country.

Xi Jinping skips BRICS Summit for the first time amid speculation of political turbulence in China and divisions between member nations over trade and strategic interests

Trade officials from the United States and China met in Stockholm on Tuesday in what was another round of talks in high-stakes trade negotiations.

Delegations from China and the United States met on Tuesday for the second day of a new round of economic and trade talks in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng made no public comments to reporters after the first day of talks that lasted nearly five hours behind closed doors at the Swedish prime minister’s office Monday.

Heavy rainfall has led to 30 deaths in Beijing and cut power to some villages as eastern and central parts of China face more wild weather, with President Xi Jinping urging authorities to keep people safe.