Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping endorses leadership of Myanmar’s president as both leaders meet in Beijing

Five-day visit marks Min Aung Hlaing’s first China trip since formalising power

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during Xi's state visit to Pyongyang on Jun 8.

North Korean and Chinese leaders pledge deeper economic cooperation at Pyongyang summit

The two leaders agree to develop bilateral relations into a new chapter

North Korean's Kim (left) was a guest at a military parade in Beijing in September 2025.

China’s Xi to visit North Korea from Jun 8 to 9 as Beijing seeks cosier ties with Pyongyang

Xi hosted separate Beijing summits in May for US President Trump and Russian President Putin

The future of the Strait of Hormuz is likely going to be a complex and fragmented regional balance in which the waterway remains open  conditionally.

What price Hormuz?

Trump has 3 objectives in the Persian Gulf – he can achieve at most 2 of these goals

Russian President Vladimir Putin was among the world leaders who visited China to meet President Xi Jinping in rapid succession recently.

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...