BEIJING: Just before Paetongtarn Shinawatra went to Beijing for her first China visit as Thailand’s prime minister on Feb 5, her government took a drastic step to tackle scam centres in neighbouring Myanmar.

China and Thailand should deepen trust in each other and expand cooperation to counter growing global uncertainties, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday during a meeting in Beijing with Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.

The Chinese leader also thanked visiting Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra for her government’s actions against online scamming compounds in Myanmar.

The meeting in Beijing also comes at a time when China is facing tariff threats from the US whose president Donald Trump announced a 10 per cent tariff on Chinese goods. Beijing, at the same time, has

By Ethan Wang, Shi Bu and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a meeting with Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in Beijing on Thursday that the two countries should deepen their trust in each other and expand cooperation to counter growing uncertainties in the world.

"Thai people always come to China and feel like home, so I hope that Chinese people can come to Thailand and feel like home as well," she told China Daily in Beijing on Thursday. Paetongtarn is paying an official visit to China from Wednesday to Saturday.

Thai leader's official visit to China this week marks 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between two countries

By bno - Taipei Bureau China's President Xi Jinping welcomed Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to Beijing on February 6, marking a significant moment in the 50th anniversary of China-Thailand diplomatic relations.