For the past three decades, China has been a nation of homeowners. But a slowing economy and crisis-battered housing market could upend that.

The announcement is among the few concrete deliverables from President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping last week.

The confirmation fulfills one expected outcome of Trump’s visit to Beijing and solidifies a truce between the world’s two largest economies.

China has agreed to purchase at least $17 billion of agricultural products from the US annually through 2028, the White House said in a fact sheet detailing President Donald Trump’s two-day summit in China.

By Lewis Jackson and Laurie Chen BEIJING, May 18 (Reuters) - China will address U.S. concerns about shortages of certain specialty rare earths caused by Beijing's export controls, the White House said on Sunday in a factsheet outlining the major deals agreed during a summit last week.

Taiwan's representative to the U.S. Alexander Yui said on Sunday that "we want peace and stability" as Taiwan became among the most closely-watched issues in last week's summit.

China’s growth slowed across the board in April with investment resuming declines while retail sales and industrial output fell short of forecasts, underscoring the economy’s vulnerability in the face of a global energy crisis.

By Liangping Gao, Yukun Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING, May 18 (Reuters) - China's new home prices fell at the slowest monthly pace in a year, data showed on Monday, offering early signs of stabilisation as local governments deploy support measures to boost sales and shore up sentiment.

Russia's Putin will travel to Beijing next week to meet China's Xi. The announcement came one day after President Trump returned from his own summit with the Chinese leader.

After three years as a prisoner in Beijing, Cheng Lei is busy rebuilding her life. “I think when your life gets shattered and you lose so many things that used to define you, you do have a kind of freedom to reorganize your atoms and create a new you,