Ahead of Xi Jinping, Joe Biden virtual meeting, FM Wang Yi, Antony Blinken discuss ties over phone
World | November 13, 2021 13:42 ISTThe virtual meeting will be the 3rd engagement between the two leaders since the month of February.
The virtual meeting will be the 3rd engagement between the two leaders since the month of February.
Biden, at the Group of 20 meeting in Rome and again at the U.N. climate gathering, criticized Xi for failing to show up to the summits.
The Plenary meeting of the Communist Party of China, (CPC) which wrapped up its four-day meet on Thursday, adopted a landmark resolution to cement Xi's "core" status in the country's political history and cleared the decks for him to extend his rule for a record third term next year and perhaps beyond.
China's ruling Communist Party removed term limits on Xi Jinping's post as president in 2018, indicating his intention to stay in power.
Xi Jinping is scheduled to participate in an online meeting with other Pacific Rim leaders including US President Joe Biden on Saturday.
New Zealand is hosting this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, which culminates in a leader's meeting on Saturday.
Xi Jinping said that one country's success does not have to mean another country's failure, adding that the world is big enough to accommodate the common development and progress of all countries.
PM Modi will be addressing the SCO summit on Friday, whose main agenda will be to discuss the Afghanistan issue. Imran Khan and Xi Jinping will attend the summit too.
The White House said in a statement the “two leaders had a broad, strategic discussion in which they discussed areas where our interests converge, and areas where our interests, values, and perspectives diverge.”
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday did not respond to a media report claiming that the Taliban has invited China, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, Iran and Qatar to attend the new government formation ceremony in Afghanistan.
During his visit to Nyingchi, Xi visited the Nyang River Bridge to inspect the ecological preservation in the basin of the Brahmaputra river, which is called Yarlung Zangbo in the Tibetan language.
Xi, who is also Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) - the overall high command of the PLA, promoted 58-year-old Xu to the rank of General - the highest rank for officers in active service in China.
Hundreds of Tibetans, Uyghur Muslims and Hong Kongers held a protest march across downtown Toronto and marched towards Chinese consulate to denounce 100th anniversary of Communist Party of China.
China’s Communist Party is marking the 100th anniversary of its founding with speeches and grand displays intended to showcase economic progress and social stability to justify its iron grip on political power that it shows no intention of relaxing.
“At the same time, the Chinese people will absolutely not allow any foreign force to bully, oppress or enslave us and anyone who attempts to do so will face broken heads and bloodshed in front of the iron Great Wall of the 1.4 billion Chinese people,” President Xi Jinping said
President Xi Jinping has asked China's bellicose official media and "wolf warrior" diplomats to present the image of a "credible, lovable and respectable China" to the world, in what observers see as a rare admission of Beijing's growing isolation exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In view of the Covid situation, Chinese President Xi Jinping has conveyed a message of sympathy to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying China stands ready to strengthen cooperation with India in fighting the pandemic.
Joe Biden has described China as the most serious competitor to the US and vowed to confront Beijing on various fronts, including human rights, intellectual property and economic policy.
Xi said that all poor people in rural areas have been lifted out of poverty. With this, China has achieved the UN goal of poverty eradication 10 years ahead of the 2030 deadline.
Joe Biden on Wednesday said that his first call as US president with Xi Jinping lasted for two hours, pressing the Chinese leader about trade and Beijing’s crackdown on democracy activists in Hong Kong as well as other human rights concerns.
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