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PM Modi to host Jinping, Putin, other leaders at virtual SCO summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host Chinese President Xi Jinping, his Russia counterpart Vladimir Putin, Pakistan's Shehbaz Sharif and other leaders of the SCO nations at a virtual summit of the bloc on Tuesday that is expected to focus on regional security situation and ways to boost connectivity and trade. It will be Putin's first participation in a multilateral summit after a mercenary group launched a short-lived armed rebellion last week that rocked Moscow. The summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) under India's presidency is also set to welcome Iran as the new permanent member of the grouping. The situation in Afghanistan, the Ukraine conflict and enhancing cooperation among the SCO member countries are expected to figure in the summit, people familiar with the matter said, adding boosting connectivity and trade is also likely to be discussed. The summit is also taking place against the backdrop of the over three-year eastern Ladakh border standoff between

Jinping will attend virtual SCO summit hosted by India: Chinese FM

Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend next week's virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) being hosted by India, it was announced here on Friday. At the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Xi will attend via video conference in Beijing, the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads meeting of the SCO on July 4 and deliver important remarks, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said in a brief press release. This is the first official announcement about Xi's participation in the SCO summit being hosted by India. Later answering a question at a media briefing on Xi's participation, another Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning said besides delivering important remarks, the Chinese President together with other participating leaders, chart the course for the future growth of the organisation. "With the concerted efforts of all sides, the SCO will achieve greater progress and boost development and prosperity in regional ...

China dispatches senior diplomat to Italy to persuade nation to stay in BRI

Beijing is trying to persuade Europe to take a less hawkish stance than the US, which has imposed a sweeping raft of export controls on China to curb its access to advanced technology

Xi Jinping to attend virtual SCO summit hosted by India: Chinese official

Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend next week's virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) being hosted by India, an official announcement here said on Friday. At the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Xi will attend via video conference in Beijing, the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads meeting of the SCO on July 4 and deliver important remarks, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said in a brief press release. This is the first official announcement about Xi's participation in the SCO summit being hosted by India. The SCO is an influential economic and security bloc and has emerged as one of the largest transregional international organisations. The SCO was founded at a summit in Shanghai in 2001 by the presidents of Russia, China, the Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. India and Pakistan became its permanent members in 2017. India holds the rotating Presidency of the organisation this year. Ahead

Xi Jinping vows to protect foreign investors ramps up charm offensive

'Development is the top priority of the Communist Party of China in governing and rejuvenating the country,' Xi told New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins

A day after Blinken's China visit, Joe Biden calls Xi Jinping a 'dictator'

Joe Biden said Xi Jinping was embarrassed after an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down by the US

Xi Jinping hails 'progress' as he meets Blinken during rare China trip

The two delegations then faced each other across a long conference table bedecked with pink lotus flowers, with Xi at the head and Blinken just to his right

Blinken meets China President Xi in bid to ease soaring US-China tensions

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday as he wrapped up a two-day high-stakes visit to Beijing aimed at easing soaring tensions between the countries. The meeting at the Great Hall of the People had been expected and was seen as key to the success of the trip, but neither side confirmed it would happen until a State Department official announced it just an hour beforehand. A snub by the Chinese leader would have been a major setback to the effort to restore and maintain communications at senior levels. In earlier meetings between Blinken and senior Chinese officials, the two sides expressed willingness to talk but showed little inclination to bend on hardened positions. Blinken is the highest-level U.S. official to visit China since President Joe Biden took office, and the first secretary of state to make the trip in five years. His visit is expected to usher in a new round of visits by senior U.S. and Chinese officials, possibly includi

Willing to engage in tech co-op with US, Xi Jinping tells Bill Gates

Says he welcomes American AI technology in China

Bill Gates meets President Xi Jinping on China visit after 3 years

Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping just days after a visit to Beijing by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The state broadcaster CCTV showed Xi saying he was happy to see Gates, who he called an old friend, after three years without meeting during the pandemic. I believe that the foundation of Sino-US relations lies in the people, Xi said to Gates. Under the current world situation, we can carry out various activities that benefit our two countries, the people of our countries, and the entire human race. Gates told Xi he was very honoured to meet with Xi. The visits by leading foreign business people have coincided with efforts by the ruling Communist Party to revive investor interest in China's slowing economy. Apple CEO Tim Cook visited China in March. Tensions between the US and China have festered in recent years, but recently the two sides have held talks on trade and other issues. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to arrive in China o

N Korea's Kim Jong-un touts leadership of China's Xi in b'day greetings

Kim also said he is pleased to see Xi's achievements and wished him more success in his "important and responsible work" in leading China

Xi Jinping asks troops to forge 'wall of steel' in guarding China's borders

President Xi Jinping has called on China's border troops to forge a "great wall of steel" along the country's frontiers by enhancing their capabilities in border defence and control, the state media reported Friday. Xi, 69, who heads the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) and the country's Central Military Commission (CMC), the high command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), made a fact-finding trip on Wednesday to survey the work of border management and control and the development of frontier troops in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Chinese president asked troops to break new ground in border defence, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. Xi has called on Chinese border troops to enhance their capabilities in border defence and control to forge a "great wall of steel" along the country's borders, it said. Unlike his predecessors, Xi, who came into power in 2012, has regularly visited troops in various border regions, including Tibet. In 2021, he made

World is big enough for us to grow together: China defense minister to US

President Xi Jinping's government has repeatedly charged the US with using its military alliances, trade policy and the threat of sanctions to bully smaller nations and try to keep China down

China's youth faces record high unemployment at 20.4% in April: Report

President Xi tells youth to "eat bitterness" and to value the suffering, while the youth struggle to find employment in a shrinking job market

Xi Jinping asks top security officials to brace for worst-case scenarios

Chinese President has urged his top national security officials to consider "worst-case" scenarios as the governing party intensifies efforts to tackle perceived internal and external threats

China tweaks its military rules; focus on veterans, intelligence warfare

The changes come amid rising geopolitical tensions, especially in the South China Sea with Taiwan

Xi's food security drive could end up backfiring for Chinese farmers

With government stockpiling efforts expected to have ended in April, future demand could fall even further

Alibaba founder Jack Ma accepts a teaching position at Tokyo University

The appointment term for Ma finishes at the end of October 2023 but his contract may be extended on an annual basis

China will send team for peace talks: Xi Jinping in call with Zelenskyy

Zelenskiy's spokesperson Serhiy Nykyforov said on Facebook that the two had "an almost hour-long conversation"

Xis effort to counter US narrative falters after China envoy angers Europe

In a statement Monday night, the Chinese embassy in Paris said that Lu gave "an expression of personal points of view" that shouldn't be "over-interpreted"