Xi-Biden meet: Tariffs to Taiwan, what ails US-China ties as Trump looms | Donald Trump News

Xi-Biden meet: Tariffs to Taiwan, what ails US-China ties as Trump looms | Donald Trump News

United States President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping of China will meet on Saturday in what is expected to be their last face-to-face meeting during Biden’s term as Beijing braces for a Donald Trump presidency in Washington. The two leaders are attending a two-day heads of state meeting of…

Russia’s Putin welcomes world leaders for three-day BRICS summit | Vladimir Putin News

Russia’s Putin welcomes world leaders for three-day BRICS summit | Vladimir Putin News

China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi and other global leaders have arrived in the Russian city of Kazan for a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies that the Kremlin hopes to turn into a rallying point for defying what some see as the Western liberal order. For Russian…

Excitement as two new pandas arrive in US from China | Wildlife News

Excitement as two new pandas arrive in US from China | Wildlife News

The bears, part of China’s ‘panda diplomacy’, will stay in DC’s National Zoo under a 10-year agreement. China has sent two giant panda bears to the United States to be housed in Washington, DC’s Smithsonian National Zoo, in a rare diplomatic overture between the two countries. The three-year-old pandas –…

Putin and Xi hail ‘stability’ of China-Russia partnership on SCO sidelines | Xi Jinping News

Putin and Xi hail ‘stability’ of China-Russia partnership on SCO sidelines | Xi Jinping News

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have hailed their country’s “partnership” on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (CSO), a regional security bloc founded by the duo as a counterpoint to Western might. Speaking on the sidelines of the summit in Astana, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, both…

Xi eyes military supremacy as he reorganises China’s armed forces | Military News

Xi eyes military supremacy as he reorganises China’s armed forces | Military News

China has been giving the democratic island of Taiwan – and the rest of the world – an indication of its growing military prowess in recent months. In the run-up to Taiwan’s elections in January, the island’s information sphere was bombarded with coordinated cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns. Beijing claims Taiwan…

‘Old friend’ Putin arrives in China for state visit, summit with Xi Jinping | Politics News

‘Old friend’ Putin arrives in China for state visit, summit with Xi Jinping | Politics News

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in China for a two-day state visit, as the two countries look to further deepen a relationship that has grown closer since Moscow invaded Ukraine more than two years ago. The visit comes days after Russia launched a new offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv…

What are the takeaways for Beijing from Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe? | Xi Jinping

What are the takeaways for Beijing from Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe? | Xi Jinping

Chinese president conducts five-day charm offensive, signing trade deals and pledging investments. Chinese President Xi Jinping has wrapped up his first visit to Europe in five years. He visited France, Serbia and Hungary during his trip – with a different tone and agenda at each stop. But Xi’s overarching goals…

Biden and Xi hold first discussions since November, talk Taiwan and tech | Joe Biden News

Biden and Xi hold first discussions since November, talk Taiwan and tech | Joe Biden News

United States President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have had their first direct conversation since November, with officials describing their talk as “constructive”. But details from Tuesday’s phone call hinted at long-running tensions between China and the US, with Xi calling questions of sovereignty in Taiwan a…

Money, power and the peril of courting Chinese nationalism | Politics News

Money, power and the peril of courting Chinese nationalism | Politics News

In January, a Chinese ultranationalist vlogger – video blogger – came across red circular stickers on the glass doors of a shopping mall in Nanjing featuring the words: “Happy 2024.” The vlogger claimed that what appeared to be innocent New Year decorations were, in fact, nationalistic Japanese motifs since the…