China on Friday, October 31, reacted favourably to US President Donald Trump’s characterisation of his summit with President Xi Jinping in South Korea as a "G-2" meeting, saying that the two countries can jointly work for their benefit and that of the world.

While Trump described his meeting with the Chinese leader on Thursday as "G-2", Xi said China and the US can "jointly shoulder our responsibility as major countries, and work together to accomplish more great and concrete things for the good of our two countries and the whole world".

When asked at a media briefing here that Trump’s comments and Xi’s remarks point to the emergence of "G-2" grouping between the strategic rivals, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said, "As President Xi Jinping said at the meeting, China a

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