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President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agree on soybean purchases after China shifted purchases to Brazil, a move that hurt American farmers.
The White House plans to announce that Dutch chipmaker Nexperia's China facilities will resume shipments, a source said, in what would be a relief for auto manufacturers worldwide who faced the imminent prospect of curbing production.
"China, which takes more than 60% of world soybean imports, has nearly completed booking cargoes from Brazil and Argentina through November, with limited purchases expected for December and January ahead of the Brazilian harvest.
An elementary school in Yimianpo is now a storage yard. The number of children in the town has dropped by half and there are fewer than three births per 1,000 residents in the province — China's lowest rate.
China boasts thousands of official red tourism sites, historical museums and memorial halls. At a time when international travel has yet to fully recover to pre-pandemic levels, red tourism has become a significant part of a domestic travel boom.
Beijing has said it will loosen a chip export ban it imposed after Dutch authorities took over Nexperia - a Chinese-owned chipmaker based in the Netherlands.
Leaders of Pacific countries and territories, including China’s Xi Jinping, are gathering in South Korea for a major summit Friday. But the leader of one global powerhouse is conspicuously absent: Donald Trump.
Taiwan's new opposition leader took office on Saturday, warning of the risk of war with China and pledging to open a new era of peace with Beijing.