Chinese leader meets Russian PM Mikhail Mishustin in Beijing just days after his summit with US President Donald Trump.

China's President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sought to expand mutual investment with Russia and affirmed Beijing's commitment to advance ties despite "turbulent" external conditions, Chinese state media reported.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have taken steps to mend their countries' fractured ties.

Trump announced a cut on Chinese imports after meeting with Xi in South Korea, citing new understandings on fentanyl enforcement, farm trade and rare-earth exports.

The Xi’an–Ankang line is an important section of China’s growing high-speed rail network and forms part of the country’s “eight vertical and eight horizontal” high-speed railway grid. It will connect with the existing Xi’an–Chengdu High-Speed Railway, improving transport links between northern and southwestern China.