US EditionKing Felipe heads to China for more Spanish courtship
- A four-day state visit began on November 10, with King Felipe VI of Spain holding meetings with Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, and Zhao Leji in Beijing after starting in Chengdu with a Spain-China Business Forum.
- The trip is designed to further strengthen economic cooperation and reinforce the Spain-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership on its 20th anniversary this year, while Madrid aims to deepen economic ties by signing investment deals.
- Spain is pushing to boost exports of high-value agri-foods even as pork exports—about 1.2—face retaliatory tariffs of 62.4%, while bilateral trade exceeds $50 billion annually.
- Xi told Felipe `China stands ready to work hand in hand with Spain to build a comprehensive strategic partnership` and CCTV said they attended a document signing ceremony after talks.
- The visit occurs amid rising political tension and trade friction between the European Union and China, as China proposes resuming investment talks frozen since 2021 amid electric vehicle disputes, while Spain's courtship draws a US warning likening closer ties to 'cutting your own throat'.
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President Xi and his wife watch concert with Spanish king and queen in Beijing
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan watched a concert played by Spain's Royal Theater with visiting King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Wednesday evening.
The King and Queen are preparing to make an official visit to China from November 13-17, 2025, at the invitation of Xi Jinping, to strengthen relations between the two countries and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Thailand and China.
Xi hosts King Felipe as China courts Spain—its new best friend in Europe
The meeting takes place as Spain steps up efforts to strengthen its relationship with China, emerging as one of Beijing’s warmest allies in Europe at a time when most Western nations are treading carefully
Xi Jinping and King Felipe VI promote China-Spain trade ties
This is the first time in 18 years that the monarchs of that European nation have made a state visit to China, which also comes amid a bilateral rapprochement preceded by three visits since 2023 by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. In fact, Xi Jinping and King Felipe VI also attended a ceremony to sign cooperation agreements, in line with the monarch’s commitment to developing “strategic alliances” in high value-added sectors such as automot…
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