Chinese President Xi Jinping held phone talks Friday with US president-elect Donald Trump, Chinese state media reported. CCTV said the phone call happened “on the evening of January 17” without providing any immediate further details.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump held their first phone talks in four years Friday. Trump said on his Truth Social platform: "It is my expectation that we will solve many problems together, and starting immediately."

One Chinese tourist was killed and another injured after their jet skis collided off Thailand's Phuket island on Tuesday, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported, citing China's embassy in Thailand. The cause of the incident was being investigated,

The European Union and China are working to hold a summit this year, Brussels said Tuesday, after a phone call between one of its top officials and Chinese President Xi Jinping.