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Here are the key leaders joining BRI forum and their wish lists to Beijing

China is hosting its third international forum centered around President Xi Jinping's signature policy, the Belt and Road Initiative, which over the past 10 years has built infrastructure across continents, burdening some smaller countries with debt. The forum brings a flurry of diplomacy to Beijing, including at least 20 heads of state and government, mostly hailing from developing markets in Southeast and South Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Here are some key leaders visiting Beijing and an overview of their countries' involvement in the Belt and Road projects. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Beijing on Tuesday, on his first trip outside the former Soviet Union since the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for him in March over his alleged involvement in the mass abduction of children from Ukraine. Putin's visit underscores China's economic and diplomatic support for Moscow amid the isolation brought by its

Putin begins China visit, underscores ties amid Ukraine war, Gaza conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a visit that underscores China's support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine as well as Russian backing for China's bid to expand its economic and diplomatic influence abroad. The two countries have forged an informal alliance against the United States and other democratic nations that is now complicated by the Israel-Hamas war. China has sought to balance its ties with Israel against its relations with Iran and Syria, two countries that are strongly backed by Russia and with which China has forged ties for economic reasons as well as to challenge Washington's influence in the Middle East. Putin's plane was met by an honour guard as the Russian leader began his visit that is also a show of support for Chinese leader Xi Jinping's signature Belt and Road' initiative to build infrastructure and expand China's overseas influence. In an interview to Chinese state media, Putin praised the massive but loosely linked BRI ..

Putin visits 'dear friend Xi Jinping' in show of no-limits partnership

It is also the Kremlin chief's first official trip outside of the former Soviet Union this year, after visiting Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic, earlier this month

Will Xi Jinping's gamble on Russian President Vladimir Putin pay off?

The Russian leader's attendance at Xi's Belt and Road Initiative Forum, which opens on Tuesday, will be his first trip abroad - aside from visiting former Soviet states

Xi Jinping's $1 trillion 'project of the century' faces uncertain future

As the Chinese statesman opens the third Belt and Road Forum this week, the future of his brainchild looks uncertain

Chinese President Xi's Silicon Valley of the East faces slowdown woes

The country's economic slowdown, driven in part by tensions with the US and a slumping property market, is now starting to weigh on the project

Israeli ambassador urges China to talk with Iran, stop escalation

While Tehran is a known backer of Hamas, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has denied his country was involved in the strike

Xi Jinping's reaction to Hamas attack exposes China's limits as peacemaker

After Hamas launched a shock incursion into Israel, killing hundreds, China's Foreign Ministry reiterated a call for an independent Palestinian state while making no mention of the attacks

China challenging US superpower status is 'not inevitable': Xi Jinping

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday told a delegation of influential American senators that the Thucydides Trap is not inevitable as he played down the concerns in Washington that China is out to challenge the superpower status of the US. Thucydides Trap is a term to describe an emerging power threatening to displace the existing great power. Competition and confrontation are not consistent with the trend of the times. Still less can it fix one's own problems and address the challenges facing the world, Xi told a US Senate delegation headed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer during a meeting. China maintains that the common interests of the two countries far outweigh their differences, and the respective success of China and the US is an opportunity, rather than a challenge, to each other, Xi told the six-member delegation of top American legislators. "The Thucydides Trap is not inevitable, and Planet Earth is vast enough to accommodate the respective development and common

Meeting Xi on sidelines of Nov APEC in San Francisco a possibility: Biden

President Joe Biden said Friday that he could potentially meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of next month's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. There has been no such meeting set up, but it is a possibility," Biden told reporters when asked about the prospects of a face-to-face meeting with the Chinese leader. Biden and Xi have not spoken since their meeting last November of the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia. White House officials have previously made clear that they hoped the two leaders would soon hold talks, and administration officials have been working to get the Chinese to agree to a meeting. Relations between the world's two largest economies have faced no shortage of strain over the last year. The Biden administration shot down a Chinese spy balloon that traversed the continental US earlier this year. The Chinese government hacked the emails of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. The US government has ...

A Chinese toolkit for global influence

Through technology, economic statecraft, and wolf warrior diplomats, China is shaping a narrative in India and elsewhere that sees the world through its prism

Senior Nomura banker barred from exiting China amid investigations: Report

The travel restriction is linked to Wang's time at Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., where he worked before joining Nomura in 2018, according to the report

Xi Jinping meets Prachanda, assures China will boost border infrastructure

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday vowed to help Nepal transform itself from a landlocked country to a land-linked nation by facilitating infrastructure connectivity and transit transportation cooperation as he met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' here. Xi met Prachanda on the sidelines of the Hangzhou Asian Games here in eastern China. Prachanda, who politically distanced from the pro-China Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) headed by KP Oli after becoming Prime Minister in December last year made his maiden visit to China after visiting India and the US. In his meeting with Prachanda, Xi who made a high-profile visit to Nepal in 2019 and announced several high-profile projects said the two countries sharing borders through Tibet made progress with the 'Trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional Connectivity Network' and other 'Belt and Road' projects that have taken shape. He urged efforts from both sides to promote infrastructure connectivity and expan

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping to meet in Beijing in October, says Russia

Putin will attend the third Belt and Road Forum after an invitation by Xi during a high-profile visit to Moscow in March

China lodges protest with Germany over labelling President Xi as dictator

China on Monday lodged a diplomatic protest with Germany over its Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock labelling President Xi Jinping as a dictator. "If (President Vladimir) Putin were to win this war, what sign would that be for other dictators in the world, like Xi, like the Chinese president? Therefore, Ukraine has to win this war, Baerbock said in an interview on Friday during her trip to the US. The Chinese Foreign Ministry took exception to Baerbock's remarks, saying that the comments were an open political provocation." "We deplore and reject the remarks by the German side which are preposterous and extremely irresponsible," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said while responding to a question at a media briefing on the German Minister's comments. The remarks are contrary to facts and a breach of diplomatic protocol and China lodged a diplomatic protest to Germany, Mao said. Earlier this year, US President Joe Biden also called Xi a dictator. Xi, 70, heads the r

Xi's security obsession turns ordinary Chinese citizens into spy hunters

As President Xi Jinping throws up a forcefield of security controls to repel perceived foreign threats to Communist Party rule, Beijing's message to the public is spooks are everywhere

After foreign minister, now China's defence minister Li Shangfu is missing

Shangfu is known to be one of the staunchest supporters of Xi Jinping

China upgrades relationship with Venezuela to 'all weather' partnership

China announced on Wednesday it was upgrading its diplomatic ties with Venezuela to an all weather partnership, a label reserved for a select few of its diplomatic partners. Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro is on a state visit to Beijing, his fifth as president, according to state broadcaster CCTV. He met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The two signed a series of bilateral documents for Belt and Road projects and cooperation in the areas of the economy, trade, and education, according to CCTV. China is willing to increase imports of Venezuelan products, Xi said, according to the CCTV readout. The broadcaster did not give other details on the nature of the cooperation. Venezuela is also the first Latin American country to join in China's International Lunar Research station, a long-term project that will study the moon. One of the best known of China's select all-weather strategic partnerships is with Pakistan, where it has invested USD 25.4 billion over the past decade. Abou

G20 Summit: Chinese delegations refuse to cooperate with security over bags

The Chinese delegations' refusal to have their bags checked by security led to a 12 hour standoff at the Taj Palace

India's G20 win shows US learning how to effectively counter China's rise

Biden led the charge, seeing in India his administration's best hope of isolating China and Russia - and providing a booster shot to the US-led world order