President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke over the phone on Monday about trade, the Russia-Ukraine war and travel plans.

Moscow and Beijing have been discussing ways to expand Russian oil exports to China, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday.

Parliament House workers being told to turn off their devices during a state visit by high-ranking Chinese officials undermines Labor's “narrative” about the Communist state, a senior Coalition figure has claimed.

Japan PM Sanae Takaichi and former US President Donald Trump held a phone call amid heightened tensions with Beijing over her comments on a potential Japanese response to a Chinese attack on Taiwan.

Tokyo’s defence minister says preparation for medium-range, surface-to-air missile deployment on Yonaguni Island is ‘progressing steadily’.

Indonesia was aligned with the U.S. a few decades ago, but a combination of domestic stability and Chinese investments has persuaded Southeast Asia’s biggest economy toward Beijing, leaving America behind.

President Trump said he accepted an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit China in April and invited Xi to the US for a state visit.

Trump’s back-to-back calls with Xi and Takaichi did nothing to temper Beijing’s pressure campaign on Tokyo over Taiwan.