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Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a bilateral meeting with Saudi King Salman, on the second day of his visit to Riyadh. The two leaders have signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement between the Asian giant and the oil-rich kingdom. IMAGES
China signs bilateral agreements with Spain during a three day visit from Chinese President Xi Jinping on his way to a meeting of Group of 20 leaders in Argentina. China, currently engaged in a trade war with the United States, is seeking to strengthen its ties with Spain and Portugal as other European Union members are trying to restrict Chinese investments. IMAGES of the signing
A preliminary reading of China's manufacturing sector was slightly better than expected, but slowing export orders and recent holiday spending are weighing on the world's second largest economy. Jane Lanhee Lee reports.
The United States "will not accept" a situation where underpriced Chinese goods flood the global market, battering industries elsewhere, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday as she wrapped up high-level talks in China. This was the situation over a decade ago when Chinese government support led to a surge in steel exports, she told reporters, adding: "I know that these serious concerns are shared by our allies and partners." SOUNDBITE
China's leaders wrap up a week-long key conclave during which they admitted more must to be done to revive a sluggish economy battered by an ailing housing market, poor domestic demand and record high youth unemployment. IMAGES