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...Wang’s Canberra visit, which comes ahead of an expected trip by China’s number-two official, Premier Li Qiang, in June, fuelled hope of more progress on several trade disputes between the two sides....
...“The accusations of ‘overcapacity’ by the United States, Europe and others are baseless,” Wang said....
...From the moment Li Qiang arrived at the G20 summit over the weekend on an unassuming chartered flight, it was clear the Chinese premier had one mission in New Delhi: not to upstage his boss Xi Jinping....
...At the first meeting of the country’s cabinet after China’s lunar new year holiday, premier Li Qiang urged officials on Sunday to work on “confidence boosting” and “focus on solving practical issues that...
...The comments came as European Council president Charles Michel and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen met President Xi Jinping and his number two Li Qiang in Beijing on Thursday for the first...
...Premier Li Qiang also did not hold a briefing at the conclusion of the rubber-stamp parliament’s annual meeting this month....
...During his time in the city, he worked alongside China’s number-two leader, Premier Li Qiang, who was then Shanghai’s party secretary....
...China’s premier Li Qiang on Tuesday pre-empted the official data release, announcing the headline GDP growth figure on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos....
...But analysts say the austerity drive may make it even more difficult to achieve the ambitious 5 per cent target for annual growth set by Premier Li Qiang during China’s “Two Sessions” political gathering...
...Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani travelled to Beijing this year for talks, while Meloni met Chinese premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi in September....
...Raimondo also met China’s economic policy chief, He Lifeng, and culture and tourism minister Hu Heping on Tuesday, while on Monday she met commerce minister Wang Wentao....
...Despite Premier Li Qiang’s description of the latest programme as an “important measure” to resuscitate the country’s sinking economy, economists are more sceptical....
...“Chinese elites see reassuring and engaging with Europe as a top strategic priority,” said Seaver Wang of the Breakthrough Institute, a California-based think-tank....
...Meloni met Chinese premier Li Qiang on the margins of the summit to discuss the future of Italian-Chinese relations, as her government reconsiders Italy’s participation in President Xi Jinping’s flagship...
...He even wrote the prologue to a book by Wang Jian, chair of the Alibaba Group’s technology committee....
...Apple chief executive Tim Cook visited in March and met senior officials including Xi’s number-two, Premier Li Qiang....
...Lifeng and commerce minister Wang Wentao....
...Li Qiang, premier, described the approach as a “false proposition” at a World Economic Forum event in Tianjin in June....
...China’s president Xi Jinping will not attend the G20 summit, sending his deputy and Beijing’s head of economic policy Li Qiang in his place....
...He is then set to meet China’s president Xi Jinping and premier Li Qiang on Monday. Such an audience was nearly unthinkable just a few years ago....
...Additional reporting by Xueqiao Wang and Cheng Leng tom.mitchell@ft.com...
...Premier Li Qiang visited France and Germany last week to try to strengthen ties that have been weakened by Beijing’s close relationship with Russia....
...Shanghai’s former Chinese Communist chief Li Qiang, the official responsible for overseeing Shanghai’s lockdown, is set to be named China’s premier at the National People’s Congress, making him the number...
...Chinese premier Li Qiang this week criticised that policy, saying any attempt to de-risk from China was a “false proposition”....
...He told the FT his message to his hosts, China’s vice-president Han Zheng and foreign minister Wang Yi, was that “the UK is open for business” from Beijing, provided it does not create national security...
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