China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met with South Korea's trade and industry minister on Saturday and discussed safeguarding the stability of supply chains, Wang's ministry said in a statement released on Sunday.

Xi Jinping gave two cellphones to South Korea’s president, who asked how secure they were. “You can check if there’s a backdoor,” he said with a laugh.

President Lai Ching-te rejected Beijing’s latest push to get the self-governing island to come under Chinese control under a system of autonomy it uses for Hong Kong and Macau.

China’s promise to delay its newest restrictions on the export of the rare earths that are crucial to many high-tech products for one year as part of a trade agreement creates an opportunity for the U.

China and Iran should strengthen "wise and balanced" cooperation to jointly counter modern challenges and shape a new world against unilateralism and hegemony, according to Tehran's top envoy in Beijing.

Netherlands-based chipmaker Nexperia is at the heart of a standoff between the European Union, the U.S. and China that has triggered a near-crisis for global automakers. Meetings are underway in Europe on Saturday to try to defuse the issue.

The agreement would allow their forces to hold joint battle-readiness drills and expand a web of security alliances to deter aggression, Philippine officials said.

"China, which takes more than 60% of world soybean imports, has nearly completed booking cargoes from Brazil and Argentina through November, with limited purchases expected for December and January ahead of the Brazilian harvest.