カテゴリー: Xi Jinping
Morality and rules, and how to avoid drowning: what my daughters learned at Chinese communist school
Our twins spent two years at primary school in Chengdu. Their lessons featured alarming cautionary tales and stories of Chinese superiority, but there was fun and irreverence, tooNear the end of third grade, my twin daughters, Ariel and Natasha, offici…
Beijing is believed to be behind court bid to secure account of life inside Communist HQIn the early hours of 4 June 1989, Li Rui, a veteran of the Chinese Communist party (CCP), was standing on the balcony of his apartment on Chang’an Boulevard in cen…
SCO summit brings together leaders of global south but also likely to test Beijing and Moscow’s ‘strategic partnership’Leaders from China, Russia and countries in the global south are gathering in Kazakhstan for the annual meeting of the Shanghai Coop…
Li Shangfu, who vanished from public life last year, and Wei Fenghe accused of accepting gifts and facilitating benefitsThe Chinese Communist party has expelled two former defence ministers for corruption, including Li Shangfu, who disappeared from pub…
Ukraine president urges Joe Biden and Xi Jinping to ‘show your leadership’ and send message to MoscowUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has released a desperate video plea calling on world leaders to attend a “peace summit” next month in Switzer…
During his state visit to China, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, told a joint press conference with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, that he was ‘grateful to our Chinese friends and colleagues for the initiatives they put forward to solve th…
Russian leader praises ‘comradely’ talks with Chinese president ahead of concert to mark 75 years of ‘friendship’• Russia, China and Ukraine – latest updatesRussia and China have announced they will deepen their already close military ties, as Vladimir…
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, greeted his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at a welcome ceremony ahead of bilateral talks. Putin is expected to have several meetings with Xi and other officials that will emphasise their commitment to the ‘no l…
Ukrainian military says its has forced Russia to reduce tempo of offensive; Russian president thanks Xi Jinping for ‘trying to solve Ukraine crisis’. This live blog is closedPutin in China on mission to strengthen relationshipHow Russia has advanced in…
During the Russian leader’s two-day visit, the war in Ukraine, energy and trade will be on the agendaPutin arrives in China for state visit – live updatesPresident Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing for talks with his Chinese counterpart and “old fr…
Russian president Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Thursday to start his two-day state visit to China, his first foreign visit since his re-election in March. During the visit, Putin and Chinese president Xi Jinping will take part in a gala evening…
Russia, shunned from the world stage, and China, subject to new US tariffs, want to pivot further from the westHaving secured a mandate to extend his rule of Russia to three decades, Vladimir Putin is expected to travel to Beijing on Thursday on a stat…
Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan’s search for the truth during the early days of the pandemic was seen as a threat by the authoritiesA Chinese citizen journalist who has been in prison for four years after reporting on the early days of the Covid-19 epide…
Warm welcome for Chinese president contrasts with rest of EU, with up to 18 cooperation agreements expected Hungary has rolled out the red carpet for Xi Jinping in a show of warmth that contrasts with wariness in the rest of the EU about China’s stanc…