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Chinese Premier Li Qiang, centre, stands with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, left, and New Zealand Governor General Dame Cyndi Kiro during the official welcome ceremony in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, June 13, 2024. Li has arrived in New Zealand at the start of a weeklong tour that also includes Australia and Malaysia. (Mark Mitchell/NZ Herald via AP)

Chinese Premier Li and New Zealand’s Luxon hail close ties as they sign trade deals in Wellington

By Charlotte Graham-Mclay - Associated Press

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. From a hot dog vendor to head of the formidable mercenary army Wagner Group, Prigozhin's rise through Russian society could easily be described as meteoric. But it all came to a sudden end when the plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded on Aug 23, 2023. (AP Photo, file)

Year in review: Influential people who died in 2023

By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. From a hot dog vendor to head of the formidable mercenary army Wagner Group, Prigozhin's rise through Russian society could easily be described as meteoric. But it all came to a sudden end when the plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded on Aug 23, 2023. (AP Photo, file)

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2023

By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press

A Chinese flag is flown at half-staff at an entrance gate to the Zhongnanhai leadership compound to mourn the death of former Premier Li Keqiang, in Beijing Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Crowds gather near funeral home, lay flowers as former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is laid to rest

By Christopher Bodeen and Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers his state of the nation address during the opening session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2023. Chinese state media say former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, has died. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Li Keqiang, former premier and China’s top economic official for a decade, dies at 68

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Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a commendation ceremony for role models of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics at the Great Hall of the People , Friday, April 8, 2022, in Beijing. Xi on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, promoted the role of the ruling Communist Party’s youth wing ahead of a key party congress later this year that comes amid rising economic and social pressures. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Rumors swirl that China’s Xi Jinping will step down amid harsh COVID lockdowns

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

People walk past a large video screen at a shopping mall showing Chinese Premier Li Keqiang as he speaks during a press conference after the closing session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Friday, March 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China’s premier refuses to criticize Russia, but offers help for ‘grave’ Ukraine situation

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends virtual talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang as part of the Sixth German-Chinese Government Consultations, in Berlin, Germany April 28, 2021. (Michele Tantussi/Pool via AP)

Germany’s Merkel presses China for human rights dialogue

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Delegates applaud as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for the opening session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, May 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)

China boosts spending for virus-hit economy, takes up Hong Kong law

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, left, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, walk to a photo session at the trilateral business meeting between China, South Korea and Japan in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. (Kyodo News via AP)

China, Japan, South Korea meet on North Korea, free trade

By ZHANG WEIQUN - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles as she arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany’s Merkel says Hong Kong’s rights should be protected

By YANAN WANG and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks during a press conference after the closing session of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Premier: Telling companies to spy is ‘not how China behaves’

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

A military band plays the national anthem during the closing session of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) **FILE**

Premier: China will offer Taiwan ‘preferential policies’

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A Chinese military band conductor rehearses before the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Tuesday, March 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China sets robust growth target to shore up cooling economy

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

Commuters look out of a window of a bus with a bank advertise during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. The potential damage to global trade brought on by President Donald Trump's tariffs battle with Beijing is looming as leaders of Southeast Asian nations, China, the U.S. and other regional economies meet in Singapore this week. The advertisement reads &quot;A warm-hearted bank.&quot; (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China’s premier reassures region on growth, South China Sea

By ANNABELLE LIANG - Associated Press

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, right, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. Abe arrived in Beijing on Thursday as both countries try to repair ties that have been riven by disputes over territory, military expansion in the Pacific and World War II history. (Roman Pilipey/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan’s Abe in China as 2 nations try to mend ties

By KEN MORITSUGU and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte gets up as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang proposes a toast during luncheon in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Chinese premier pledges access for Dutch companies

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

In this July 2, 2018, file photo, a truck carrying a cargo container drives under the Gerald Desmond Bridge under construction in Long Beach, Calif. China on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, announced a tariff hike on $60 billion of U.S. products in response to President Donald Trump's latest duty increase in a dispute over Beijing's technology policy. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

China’s premier appeals for free trade amid tariff battle

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, right, walks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, Aug. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Malaysia lobbies for Chinese help amid fiscal woes

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a meeting with China's Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, May 24, 2018. (Jason Lee/Pool Photo vi AP)

China’s Li says German companies welcome amid US trade spat

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press