Xi Jinping

China’s diplomatic successes are broad but shallow

It asks little of its foreign ‘partners’, and gives little back

Rescuers at the site following a gas explosion at Liushenyu coal mine in China’s Shanxi province.

Shanxi coal mine disaster: China lowers death toll to 82 from 90 after tallying error

The incident remains China’s deadliest mining accident since 2009

Rescuers work at the scene following a gas explosion at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, Shanxi province on May 23."

At least 90 dead in China’s worst coal mine disaster in over 16 years

President Xi orders a thorough investigation and spare no effort in rescue operations

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping at a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 20.

The real message behind Beijing’s back-to-back summits

Trump and Putin visits in a week show Xi positioning China at the center of a fractured world order

US President Donald Trump (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping at their meeting in Beijing on May 15.

Can Carney’s ‘middle powers’ stand up to the US and China in a G-2 world?

The question returns to the fore in the wake of the latest Trump-Xi summit

Russian President Putin (left) and Chinese President Xi following their meeting at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on May 20.

Putin leaves Beijing after Xi meeting with little progress on key China-Russia gas pipeline project

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin left Beijing on Wednesday night (May 20) with no sign of a breakthrough on a natural gas pipeline project with the potential to reshape global energy flows and geopoli...

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will hold talks on Wednesday and also take tea together.

Putin arrives in China for Xi talks with gas project on agenda

The two sides plan to sign approximately 40 documents, according to Kremlin foreign policy aide

US President Donald Trump speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping while leaving after a visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, China, May 15, 2026.

Trump denies Xi told him that Putin would regret Ukraine war

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump denied reports that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, offered a bleak assessment of Russia’s war in Ukraine, including claiming that Vladimir Putin would regret invading h...

US President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping after a visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing on May 15.

US, China to set up trade and investment boards to address mutual concerns, says Beijing

THE US and China agreed to establish boards on trade and investment at the May 14-15 Trump-Xi summit, though US President Donald Trump said he did not discuss a possible extension of his tariff truce ...