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Trump Hails Progress on TikTok Deal After Call With Xi

President Trump said he would meet with President Xi Jinping next month in South Korea. Mr. Xi said he welcomes a TikTok deal that would benefit both sides.

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President Donald Trump reaching out to shake hands with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, during the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan in 2019.
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Putin and Xi Invoke Wartime Unity as They Hail Ties in Beijing

The Russian and Chinese leaders drew on a shared view of their countries’ roles in World War II to cast their modern-day partnership as a challenge to the West.

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Xi Jinping, China’s leader, meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Beijing on Tuesday.
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China Rekindles Wartime Fury, Stirring Fears of Anti-Japan Hate

A series of World War II dramas about China’s fight against Japan is drawing audiences to their feet, and, in some cases, to tears. Some say it helps deflect public discontent.

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Posters for the films “Dead to Rights,” left, and “Dongji Rescue,” second left, at a cinema in Shanghai this month.
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