CHINA / POLITICS
President Xi talks with Trump on the phone
Published: Feb 07, 2020 11:37 AM Updated: Feb 07, 2020 11:34 PM

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Chinese President Xi Jinping made a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump at the request of the latter on Friday morning.

Chinese President Xi Jinping told US President Donald Trump that China has full confidence and capability to overcome the coronavirus epidemic and the long-term positive trend of the Chinese economy remains unchanged. 

Xi said that Chinese government and the people spared no effort in fighting the novel coronavirus epidemic since the outbreak. The entire nation has been quickly mobilized to take comprehensive and stringent epidemic containment measures.