PM Modi to attend virtual BRICS summit at invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping
India | June 21, 2022 23:26 ISTChina is hosting the summit in its capacity as its chair of the grouping for the current year.
China is hosting the summit in its capacity as its chair of the grouping for the current year.
Beijing’s importance as a lifeline to Russian President Vladimir Putin rose after the 27-nation European Union, the main market for fossil fuels that supply most of Moscow’s foreign income, agreed to stop oil purchases.
The rising rumours about Xi Jinping stepping down started after a meeting of the party politburo standing committee, which is the collective leadership group that rules China. Further, a video made by a Canadian-based blogger was doing the rounds on social media before China censored it.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has been suffering from brain aneurysm and had to be hospitalised at the end of 2021. It is a serious condition that put the patient into a coma and even cause death.
The six-story building in the city of Changsha partially collapsed on Friday. State broadcaster CCTV reported that the collapse trapped some 23 people who were in the building.
You're just doing that to affect us, said Biden recalling when Xi Jinping told him that Quad was against China.
China's takeover of Sri Lanka's Hambantota port on 99 years’ lease for USD 1.2 billion debt swap drew international concerns over Beijing acquiring strategic assets far away from home.
NATO chief has alleged that China is providing political support to Russia who has unleased war on Ukraine with 'blatant lies'.
Boeing 737 plane crash: The jet plane crashed in the mountanious region that catched fire after the disaster. Several videos have surfaced on Twitter showing final moments before the crashed into mountains.
Boeing 737 was carrying 132 people onboard including 123 passengers and 9 crew members, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
Biden asserted that his administration will buy American equipment to make sure everything from the deck of an aircraft carrier to the steel on highway guardrails are made in America.
Xi stressed that China’s position has always been to respect every country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
However, it is not clear whether Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to UN, made the statement after Russian Prez Vladimir Putin on Feb 24 announced a military operation in Ukraine, claiming it's intended to protect civilians.
In the present circumstances concerning the Ukraine crisis, three players have been actively involved -- Russia, Ukraine, and the West -- but China is looking even more closely.
Imran Khan took with himself a huge delegation for the visit during which he will also attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games.
During his visit from February 3 to 6, Prime Minister Khan will hold bilateral meetings with President Xi and Premier Li Keqiang.
Experts have pointed out how China's GDP expanded just 4 per cent in the last quarter of the year compared to a year prior, the slowest pace in a year and a half.
Putin has sought guarantees that an expansion of the NATO military alliance would never include Ukraine, a demand rejected by the U.S. and its NATO allies.
Xi Jinping called for developing a sound and steady China-US relationship and expressed his readiness to work with Joe Biden to build consensus and take active steps to move the bilateral relations forward in a positive direction.
Biden would have preferred to meet Xi in person, but the Chinese leader has not left his country since before the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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