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Xi Jinping

Arcs in the news about Xi Jinping from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 360 stories · 2,139 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 6, 2023

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Sep 28, 202618238145

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else33 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Xi Jinping that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Sep 17– 21Donald Trump Says China Approved TikTok Deal After Call With President Xi Jinping93 articles · 47 independent sources
    6 left, 22 center, 6 right
  2. Sep 1– 2Kim Jong Un heads to Beijing in famous armored train used by generations of North Korean leaders22 articles · 20 independent sources
    2 left, 6 center, 0 right
  3. Aug 30– Sep 1China's Xi hosts Putin and Modi at Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit6 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 2 right
  4. Aug 21Xi Jinping makes rare visit to Tibet to showcase control as Dalai Lama succession looms6 articles · 6 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right
  5. Apr 17China’s leader Xi Jinping arrives in Cambodia to wrap up 3-nation Southeast Asia tour6 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 0 right
  6. Jan 17Trump holds phone talks with China’s President Xi17 articles · 17 independent sources
    1 left, 5 center, 6 right

Stories that name Xi Jinping

  1. Dec 29– 30China stages military drills around Taiwan to warn 'external forces' after US, Japan tensions53 articles · 34 independent sources
    8 left, 15 center, 4 right
  2. Dec 9Trump approves sale of more advanced Nvidia computer chips used in AI to China40 articles · 31 independent sources
    5 left, 7 center, 8 right
  3. Nov 7China’s latest aircraft carrier enters fleet as naval competition with the US heats up16 articles · 16 independent sources
    3 left, 5 center, 0 right
  4. Nov 6Trump is hosting Central Asian leaders as US seeks to get around China on rare earth metals10 articles · 10 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 1 right
  5. Nov 2Trump says China's Xi has assured him that he won't take action on Taiwan during Republican's term10 articles · 10 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 1 right
  6. Oct 30– 31Trump hosts White House Halloween bash with superheroes and presidential lookalikes amid shutdown17 articles · 14 independent sources
    2 left, 6 center, 5 right
  7. Oct 30Trump orders US nuclear weapons testing to begin 'immediately' after Russia tests new missiles76 articles · 44 independent sources
    7 left, 18 center, 7 right
  8. Oct 29Trump says he could send5 articles · 5 independent sources
    3 left, 1 center, 1 right
  9. Oct 26Bessent says TikTok deal finalized, Trump and Xi to announce this week8 articles · 8 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 3 right
  10. Oct 24– 27Trump says he would ‘love to meet’ Kim Jong Un during Asia trip13 articles · 10 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 5 right

Local coverage

  1. Oct 26US-China trade tensions appear to cool before upcoming Trump-Xi meeting9 articles · 4 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
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