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Xi Faces Diplomatic Showdown as Rare Earths Dispute Escalates | Biography Flash

Xi Faces Diplomatic Showdown as Rare Earths Dispute Escalates | Biography Flash

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This week, Xi Jinping has rarely left the headlines, and for followers of his biography, the past several days have been packed with developments that may shape the next phase of his legacy. As reported by Fortune, the latest standoff over rare earth exports has drawn extraordinary global backlash, with Xi overseeing sweeping export restrictions on critical minerals just as the United States threatens to raise tariffs on Chinese goods to an eye-watering 157 percent if a deal isn’t reached. This diplomatic brinkmanship has put China and Xi Jinping at the center of speculation about whether Beijing has overplayed its economic hand, especially as the G7 closed ranks against the export controls and both Europe and Japan issued strong denunciations.

Meanwhile, the highly anticipated diplomatic face-off between Xi and U.S. President Donald Trump is imminent, with the two leaders set to meet in person for the first time since 2019, according to CBS News and several other major outlets. On the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, which is happening this weekend, and again at the upcoming APEC Summit in South Korea, Xi’s direct negotiations with Trump are being watched as a possible turning point for both U.S.-China ties and the volatile global market. Expectations are sky-high, with trade, rare earth deals, limits on Chinese purchases of Russian oil, soybean exports, technology bans, and even Taiwan’s status rumored to be on the table. The White House has confirmed the meeting, and both governments have sent deputies to lay the groundwork, but the overall mood is tense and uncertain, with Trump publicly hoping for breakthroughs yet warning a deal remains elusive.

Amid this intense international focus, Xi just concluded a major domestic milestone, presiding over the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party in Beijing. According to the official CPC release, Xi made key addresses and explanations around the draft recommendations for China’s 15th Five-Year Plan, marking the next chapter in his vision for economic and social development by 2035. This session reaffirmed Xi’s centrality to Party leadership, celebrated survival and recovery through COVID, and described an era of ongoing modernization, although some outside analysts believe the language was unusually somber about China’s future challenges.

In an underreported but significant move, the Institute for the Study of War noted that Xi has expanded his military purges this week, expelling nine of China’s most senior generals from the Communist Party—a rare internal shakeup hinting at ongoing power consolidation and internal concern about loyalty at the top of the People’s Liberation Army. This follows a year marked by anti-corruption drives and rumored unease within the Chinese political-military elite.

On the social media front, Xi himself remains absent, but hashtags like XiJinping and USChinaSummit are trending on Weibo and international Twitter, with viral clips speculating about the upcoming Trump summit and user debates over the rare earths policy. No verified direct posts or statements by Xi have emerged, in keeping with his consistently low personal profile online.

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