Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the upcoming BRICS leaders’ virtual meeting via video link from Beijing on September 8. The invitation was extended by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, under Brazil’s current BRICS chairmanship. Address to Focus on Global Challenges Xi is

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left Pyongyang on Monday aboard his iconic green armoured train to attend a military parade in Beijing. The train crossed into China on Tuesday morning, where Kim was received by senior Chinese officials. This marks his first participation in a large-scale international event since assuming leadership in 2011. The […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping will host over 20 world leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin on August 31–September 1. The event is being projected as a major show of Global South solidarity amid intensifying global power rivalries. Modi’s Return to […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping has made his second-ever visit to Tibet as head of state, arriving in Lhasa to mark the 60th anniversary of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). His only previous visit as president was in July 2021. Xi’s arrival was broadcast prominently on state media, underscoring the importance China attaches to the politically […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that Chinese President Xi Jinping assured him China would not attempt to invade Taiwan during his presidency. In a Fox News interview, Trump said Xi gave a clear commitment that any moves on Taiwan would not occur while he is in office. According to Trump, Xi spoke about China’s […]

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on July 15, marking the first senior-level India-China engagement since the deadly Galwan Valley clash in 2020. The meeting took place during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers’ gathering. Jaishankar’s visit comes after a gradual process of military disengagement,