GYEONGJU, South Korea (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will sit down with Chinese President Xi Jinping for talks on Saturday, marking the first bilateral summit between the leaders and the first visit by Xi to his Asian neighbour in more than a decade.

Trump announced a cut on Chinese imports after meeting with Xi in South Korea, citing new understandings on fentanyl enforcement, farm trade and rare-earth exports.

China has successfully launched the Shenzhou-21 spaceship to its orbiting space station. The mission, which took off late Friday, includes three astronauts and four mice.

President Lai Ching-te rejected Beijing’s latest push to get the self-governing island to come under Chinese control under a system of autonomy it uses for Hong Kong and Macau.

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’s promise to delay its newest restrictions on the export of the rare earths that are crucial to many high-tech products for one year as part of a trade agreement creates an opportunity for the U.

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.

Trump and Xi Jinping avoided discussing Taiwan during their recent meeting, despite escalating military tensions and China's increased pressure on the island.