US President-elect Donald Trump and Leader Xi Jinping had a telephone conversation today. This is reported by Bloomberg with reference to the official Chinese agency Xinhua.

According to Ushakov, Moscow will not have a presence at the inauguration because Russia's possible candidate for Russian ambassador to the U.S.—Alexander Darchiev, the head of the North American Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry—has still not received an agrément from Washington.

Han has used the visit to meet with members of the American business community, including Tesla CEO and close Trump associate Elon Musk, according to Chinese state agency Xinhua. Musk is widely thought to be seen by Beijing as more sympathetic to its interests than others in Trump’s orbit.

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China will send Vice President Han Zheng to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025.

Follow live updates from Donald Trump's presidential inauguration as he is sworn in as the 47th US President to succeed Joe Biden.

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday (January 20) on taking office hours before Trump's inauguration in Washington and said he was open to dialogue with the new U.

US President Donald Trump said the US would take back the Panama Canal, decrying China’s influence over the important waterway and the high rates being charged to American ships. In his inauguration speech on Monday,

WASHINGTON, January 20. /TASS/. Donald Trump has been sworn in as the United States’ 47th president. The inauguration ceremony was held inside the Capitol Rotunda, for the first time in the past 40 years.

Trump has promised to execute a flurry of executive orders on issues ranging from border security to oil and gas production on his first day in office

Germany’s President Olaf Scholz, who leads the EU’s largest economy, has also been snubbed. An invitation has, however, been extended to Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), who will be represented by co-leader Tino Chrupalla.

As Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president, he's not expected to impose China-specific tariffs on his first day in office, signaling a strategic shift toward engagement with Beijing rather than reigniting a trade war.