Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a bilateral meeting on Thursday in Beijing, China. Contributor/Getty Images hide caption
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping said on Saturday that reunification with Taiwan must happen and will happen peacefully. Andy Wong/AP hide caption
President Trump speaks in a prerecorded message played Tuesday during the 75th session of the U.N. General Assembly. UNTV via AP hide caption
Prominent Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong speaks during a meeting in Beijing in a handout photo from 2013. Xu has been detained in southern China. Xiao Guozhen via Reuters hide caption
Rights Activist Xu Zhiyong Arrested In China Amid Crackdown On Dissent
A photo of the late ophthalmologist Li Wenliang at a hospital in Wuhan, China, on Friday. Li, who is being hailed for his efforts to alert the medical profession to the new virus, died Friday after becoming infected. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A notice advising all staff and visitors to wear protective masks stands outside the closed Ocean Park in Hong Kong, on Monday. Paul Yeung/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
A woman walks past a television in New Taipei City showing China's leader Xi Jinping making a speech commemorating the 40th anniversary of a message sent to Taiwan in 1979. In his speech, Xi Jinping said Taiwan's unification with the mainland is "inevitable" and warned against any efforts to promote the island's independence. Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
President Donald Trump signed the USMCA trade deal on Friday, alongside Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto in Buenos Aires. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters hide caption
USMCA: Trump Signs New Trade Agreement With Mexico And Canada To Replace NAFTA
Sheng Hong is director of the Beijing-based Unirule Institute of Economics. He's one of a growing number of critics within elite circles in China who are criticizing China's handling of the trade war. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption
Amid Trade War With U.S., There Are Signs Of Dissent Among China's Economists
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping made a joint statement to the media at the Great Hall of the People on Thursday in Beijing. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
New members of the Politburo Standing Committee (from left) Han Zheng, Wang Huning, Li Zhanshu, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Wang Yang and Zhao Leji stand together at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Wednesday. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption
China's President Xi Jinping, left, speaks from the stage with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, center, during the opening ceremony of the 8th U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogues. Andy Wong/AP hide caption