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Xi congratulates Trump and calls for a “stable, healthy and sustainable” relationship between China and the United States
The President of China, Xi Jinping, called the winner of the elections in the United States, former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump, to congratulate him and ask him that the relationship between the two powers be “stable, healthy and sustainable.”
“Xi Jinping pointed out that history teaches us that China and the US. The US will benefit from cooperation and suffer from confrontation. A stable, healthy and sustainable relationship (…) meets the mutual interests of both countries and the expectations of the international community,” says a brief dispatch from the official Xinhua news agency.
Xi: The US and China must “strengthen dialogue”
In the call, Xi asked that both parties “reinforce dialogue and communication” and that “manage their differences appropriately.”
“We hope that both parties defend the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial cooperation,” said the Chinese president, who called for “finding the right way for China and the United States to get along in this new era.”
A good relationship between Beijing and Washington, Xi stressed, “will benefit both countries and the world.”
In the same information, Xinhua also points out that Chinese Vice President Han Zheng also called the elected Vice President of the United States, J.D. Vance, although he does not offer details about the conversation between the two.
This morning, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs had issued a brief statement that read: “We respect the decision of the American people and congratulate Mr. Trump on his election as president of the United States.”
On Wednesday, before the Republican candidate’s victory over Democrat Kamala Harris was certain, Beijing had reaffirmed its position of respect for the US electoral process. USA, which he described as an “internal matter” of the North American country.
China’s policy towards the US is “consistent”
“Our policy towards the United States is consistent. We advocate managing our relationship according to our common interests and cooperation that benefits both parties,” stressed Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning, who added that China would act “accordingly” once the results were known.
China and the USA. The US, as the main economies of the world, maintain broad commercial and diplomatic ties, and Beijing has pointed out on several occasions the importance of a constructive dialogue and of avoiding confrontations that affect its citizens, although the tensions between the two powers have been constant for years.
Even so, Chinese analysts believe that the bilateral relationship, regardless of whether Trump or Harris won, would continue to be marked by protectionist tensions and tariff measures.
Relations between the two countries deteriorated drastically during Trump’s first presidency (2017-2021) with collisions in plans such as commercial, diplomatic or technological and, already with Joe Biden in the White House, the tension was rekindled with rifirrafes on behalf of Taiwan or by restrictions on exports to China of semiconductors and other key technology.
In 2018, after coming to power for the first time, Trump imposed several batches of tariffs on Chinese products worth about 370 billion dollars a year, about three quarters of the Asian giant’s exports, to which Beijing responded with reprisals against US exports.
During this campaign, the Republican said he will apply rates of up to 60% to Chinese goods, which augurs more trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
International
Simeón Pérez Marroquín, ‘El Viejo,’ detained for role in Miguel Uribe Turbay assassination plot
A Colombian judge on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, ordered the imprisonment of Simeón Pérez Marroquín, alias El Viejo, the alleged intermediary between the masterminds and the criminal group responsible for the attack on presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, who died two months later on August 11.
A prosecutor charged El Viejo with homicide; conspiracy to commit crimes; use of minors for criminal activities; and manufacturing, trafficking, possession, or carrying of firearms, accessories, parts, or ammunition.
“The charges were not accepted by the accused, who must now serve a preventive detention in a prison facility,” the Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.
According to the authorities, El Viejo was contacted “to organize everything related to the attack” and subsequently assigned the plan to Elder José Arteaga Hernández, alias Chipi, who is accused of defining the logistics and the roles of the other participants.
“El Viejo was also reportedly involved in prior surveillance of the victim, including an incident in March 2025 when the pre-candidate was monitored and photographed during a political meeting in southwestern Bogotá,” the statement added.
International
Venezuela warns citizens who call for invasion risk losing nationality
Venezuela’s Interior Minister, Diosdado Cabello, warned on Wednesday that any citizen who calls for an invasion of the country “is renouncing” their nationality. He added that the decision would be made by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), following a request from President Nicolás Maduro to consider a “constitutional measure” to revoke citizenship from anyone who “joins” such foreign operations—a move he attributed to opposition leader Leopoldo López.
Cabello explained that the president’s request is based on Article 130 of the Venezuelan Constitution, which states that citizens “have the duty to honor and defend the homeland” and to “safeguard and protect the sovereignty, nationality, territorial integrity, self-determination, and interests of the nation.”
While Article 35 specifies that Venezuelans “by birth shall not be deprived of their nationality,” Cabello cited Article 36, which allows for voluntary renunciation, claiming that a person can renounce nationality either publicly or “explicitly” through their actions—something the Constitution does not explicitly state. Article 36 merely notes that “Venezuelan nationality may be renounced” and outlines the procedures for reclaiming it, whether by birth or naturalization.
Cabello asserted, “Anyone who calls for the invasion of their own country is enlisting in a foreign army and is renouncing, both tacitly and explicitly, their nationality. No one needs to take it away; they are already renouncing it.”
He reiterated, “When you decide to join an army hostile to your homeland, you are tacitly renouncing that nationality,” directly accusing López of such actions.
International
Mexico advances continental shelf claims at UN Commission in New York
On Wednesday, Mexico appeared before the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) in New York, presenting updated technical and legal information regarding the extension of the Mexican continental shelf in the Eastern Polygon of the Gulf of Mexico.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) highlighted that this step represents “a decisive move” in the international process that will allow Mexico to establish the outer limits of its continental shelf in the Gulf of Mexico beyond 200 nautical miles, in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The SRE noted that these outer limits align with maritime boundaries previously agreed upon with the United States and Cuba through the boundary treaties signed in 2017.
“Mexico is moving toward a key objective: obtaining full international recognition of the limits of its continental shelf and exercising its sovereign rights over the seabed and subsoil resources in this area of the Gulf of Mexico,” the Foreign Ministry, led by Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente, stated.
“Once the CLCS process is completed, Mexico’s continental shelf outer limits will be definitive, binding, and, therefore, enforceable against third states. The success of this effort will provide Mexico with full legal certainty regarding the extent of its marine zones in the Gulf of Mexico,” the ministry added.
Mexico’s presentation was led by SRE legal consultant Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga; engineer Francisco Javier Medina Parra from INEGI; Captain Simitrio Morales López from the Ministry of the Navy; geologist Natalia Amezcua Torres from the Mexican Geological Service; geologist Luis Salomón Mora from Pemex; and Joel Hernández from the Foreign Ministry.
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