Xi Jinping

Chinese leader Xi Jinping views the Olympic Games — he has pored over venue blueprints and been involved in every aspect of planning — as a validation not only of his statecraft but also of the rise of a confident, economically robust nation that is rearranging the world order. Beijing’s…

Author of the article: BEIJING — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Friday for the 2022 Winter Olympics https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/olympics and a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, bringing with him a deal to increase natural gas supplies to China amid rising tension with the West. Putin told Xi…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met Friday on the sidelines of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday, a show of solidarity and shared grievance calibrated to challenge the U.S.-led world order amid a tense diplomatic standoff on Ukraine. Their sweeping joint statement to mark the occasion…

Published: 4:34pm, 4 Feb, 2022 Updated: 10:03pm, 4 Feb, 2022 Read More

BEIJING: A Winter Olympics overshadowed by rights concerns and Covid will officially begin in Beijing on Friday with an opening ceremony at the “Bird’s Nest” stadium. The distinctive lattice-shaped arena took centre stage at the 2008 Games -- seen as China's coming-out party to the world -- and will do…

BEIJING: China's President Xi Jinping is poised for his first face-to-face meeting with a world leader in nearly two years on Friday when he hosts Russia's Vladimir Putin, with the pair drawing closer as tensions grow with the West. Xi has not left China since January 2020, when the country…

Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 and Vladimir Putin. 习近平 Reuters / Kremlin/dp The People’s Daily heralded the upcoming get-together between Vladimir Putin and Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 at the Winter Olympics, saying that the visit will mark the 38th meeting between the two figures since 2013, when Xi chose Russia for his first…

Published: 10:09pm, 3 Feb, 2022 Updated: 10:38pm, 3 Feb, 2022 Read More

BEIJING—After decades of prioritizing economic growth, Chinese leaders have recently focused their efforts on overhauling the education and housing sectors. Looming behind those efforts are what many in China call the “three big mountains.” The term—a modern-day twist on a phrase Communist revolutionaries used to refer to the evils of…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is heading to Beijing amid the soaring tensions over Ukraine on a trip intended to help strengthen Moscow‘s ties with China and coordinate their policies in the face of Western pressure. Putin’s talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday will mark their…