On June 5, U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. It marked the first direct conversation between the two leaders since Trump began his second term — and the first since tensions sharply escalated in 2025’s U.S.-China trade war.

A young Tibetan appointed by China’s atheist Communist Party as the second-highest leader of Tibetan Buddhism has pledged to make the religion more Chinese.

China sought to depict a call between Xi Jinping and President Trump as an appeal from one strongman leader to another to run a tight ship and stay on course.

Trump "is obsessed with having a call with Xi," according to a news outlet, but China's leader would want assurances, an expert told Newsweek.

Lukashenko made the suggestion during the stadium’s grand opening on June 7. The facility, along with an Olympic-size swimming pool, was entirely funded by China, Lukashenko said, calling them a “gift from the Chinese people.

President Trump went after Xi Jinping on social media as China's commerce ministry went to the World Trade Organization in response to unilateral tariffs.

Xu Qiliang, a former air force general who was reportedly close to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, has died at age 75, according to the Defense MInistry.

In a rare high-stakes phone conversation on June 5, Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the ongoing trade standoff and reached what Trump called a 'very productive' agreement on the flow of rare earth materials.