With China’s economy sinking deeper into a funk last month, Xi Jinping finally decided something had to be done.After resisting calls to take forceful steps to prop up the economy for two years, Xi relented in late September and ordered a barrage of interest-rate cuts and other measures to put a floor under growth.

In July 2018, Dong Yaoqiong, 29, recorded herself splashing black ink on a poster of the Chinese leader in Shanghai.

Chinese President Xi Jinping stated that a successful partnership between China and the United States allows both countries to promote each other's development rather than hinder it, according to Reuters.