Donald Trump’s planned trade tariffs on goods from China and the rest of the globe risk “dividing the world”, Xi Jinping has warned.

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against any efforts to unwind globalization in his first major remarks since Donald Trump won the US presidential election after threatening to impose tariffs as high as 60% on the world’s second-biggest economy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing is ready to work with the new U.S. administration to maintain communication and manage differences, but warned that Washington should not challenge China's "four red lines.