Xi Jinping

Official photographs disseminated by the propaganda department on February 10 showed a large rocket carried on an 18-wheel launcher. It is suspected of being a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile. A week or so later, a huge rocket landed in the Sea of Japan near the island of Hokkaido. The Japanese…

BEIJING -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s agenda for the annual meeting of the ceremonial legislature: Revive the economy by encouraging consumers to spend more now that severe anti-virus controls have ended, and install a government of loyalists to intensify Communist Party control over the economy and society. Xi, C hina's…

BEIJING, March 1 (Reuters) - China President Xi Jinping and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko called for the "soonest possible" peace deal for Ukraine at talks in Beijing on Wednesday, the Belarusian state news agency Belta reported. Their summit brought together two of the foreign leaders on whom Russian President Vladimir…

BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) started its second plenary session in Beijing Sunday afternoon. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presented a work report on behalf of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. The…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a blow to China's plan to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday, just days before their war reached its one-year mark. Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to deliver a "peace speech" before the United Nations on Friday—exactly one year after Russian President Vladimir…

BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said Saturday he stands ready to work with leaders of African countries to build a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future. Xi made the pledge in his message to the 36th African Union (AU) Summit, in which he extended congratulations…

BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee said at a meeting on Thursday that China has achieved a major and decisive victory in its COVID-19 prevention and control since November 2022. Xi Jinping, general secretary of…

BEIJING — Chinese leader Xi Jinping expressed support for Iran during a visit Tuesday by its president as Tehran tries to expand relations with Beijing and Moscow to offset Western sanctions over its nuclear development. The official Chinese account of Xi’s meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gave no indication…

Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed Beijing's "solidarity" with Iran on Tuesday as he hosted the Islamic republic's President Ebrahim Raisi at the start of a three-day trip. For the first state visit by an Iranian president to China in more than 20 years, Raisi has brought a large trade and…

Those ties are now closer than ever, for both Hun Sen and Xi. As Western media and much of the American political class focused on spy balloons, Beijing further consolidated its political, economic, and military presence in the centrally-located Southeast Asian country with a population of around 17 million. Both…