Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the G20 Extraordinary Virtual Leaders' Summit on Covid-19 via a video link in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: XinhuaChinese President Xi Jinping attends the G20 Extraordinary Virtual Leaders' Summit on Covid-19 via a video link in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the G20 Extraordinary Virtual Leaders' Summit on Covid-19 via a video link in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua
China /  Politics

Xi Jinping urges ‘stronger international cooperation’ and quick action to fight coronavirus pandemic and stave off global recession

  • Chinese president pushes for unity and solidarity in videoconference with other Group of 20 leaders at emergency ‘virtual’ summit
  • Trump and Xi will speak on a call that the US leader says he expects to be a ‘good conversation’
Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Stuart LauOwen Churchill
Stuart Lau and Owen Churchill in Washington, DC

Updated: 6:38am, 27 Mar, 2020

Why you can trust SCMP
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the G20 Extraordinary Virtual Leaders' Summit on Covid-19 via a video link in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: XinhuaChinese President Xi Jinping attends the G20 Extraordinary Virtual Leaders' Summit on Covid-19 via a video link in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the G20 Extraordinary Virtual Leaders' Summit on Covid-19 via a video link in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua
READ FULL ARTICLE