An indictment unsealed on Wednesday revealed what Guo was doing in the United States — other than running from Chinese leaders.

Source: https://www.rawstory.com/who-is-guo-wengui/

China’s exports tumbled 12.4% in June from a year earlier as demand weakened after central banks raised interest rates to curb inflation, even as Chinese leaders struggled to keep a post-Covid recovery from faltering.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23652156.china-exports-slumped-june-year-earlier-global-demand-weakened/?ref=rss

Chinese leaders would also prefer to keep U.S.-China discussions focused on trade and economic issues.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/explainer-why-dangerous-encounters-by-us-and-chinese-militaries-look-set-to-continue/article_a800d19e-0041-5b61-ab66-74bec3aeca51.html

French President Emmanuel Macron and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen began a series of meetings with Chinese leaders in Beijing on Thursday, in talks that could set a new course for the bloc’s relations with China after years of strained ties.

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/04/06/world/eu-chinese-leaders-talks/

He also spoke with Chinese leaders about areas where the two powerful countries share a mutual interest, including the climate, macroeconomic stability, public health and food security.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/19/antony-blinken-xi-jinping-china-tensions-00102558

In particular, it has been widely acknowledged by Chinese leaders that the “most arduous tasks” in building China into a modern socialist country are those associated with the nation’s rural areas, and agriculture is the of the Chinese economy.

Source: http://southasiajournal.net/chinas-agricultural-power-strategy-what-is-it-all-about/

Nonetheless, Chinese leaders are probably right to suspect that sovereignty – rather than obeisance to more powerful allies – will be the defining theme in twenty-first-century global politics.

Source: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2023/04/01/features/project-syndicate/xi-jinpings-idea-of-world-order/

S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met China's Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Tuesday, her second full day of talks with top Chinese leaders on balancing business ties and national security concerns.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/us-commerce-chief-set-to-meet-chinese-vice-premier-in-beijing/article_108ddc20-2b81-5c5a-b150-97454a29d83d.html

The fact that Chinese leaders are instructing the PLA to prepare for war over Taiwan, Weiss claims, is evidence that “they are uncertain about their ability to win.”

Source: https://spectator.org/chinas-pressure-on-taiwan-nothing-to-see-here-says-former-biden-state-department-official/

The report suggests that Chinese leaders viewed the 2022 election as a chance to portray the US model as chaotic.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/how-russian-and-chinese-interference-could-affect-the-2024-us-election-20231224-p5etij.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_world