Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, Russia's TASS state news agency reported on Friday. Earlier, Shoigu, a former defence minister,

At the Monday meeting, Xi urged the executives to "show their talent" and pledged to support private businesses.

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged officials to enhance political capabilities and address domestic and international challenges calmly. China's economy is coping with sluggish demand, a prolonged property sector crisis,

"A very good friend of mine" was how US President Donald Trump described Chinese President Xi Jinping during his election campaign last year. Then, in the days after taking office in January, Trump said he "always liked" Xi,

Xi Jinping talked to Vladimir Putin on a phone call on Monday "upon invitation" with the Russian leader, media in both countries reported.

R arely have so many Chinese billionaires gathered in one place as happened this week in Beijing, when leader Xi Jinping summoned the nation’s top entrepreneurs and CEOs from te

Putin and Xi held three bilateral meetings as the armies of both countries increased their joint military exercises. On the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while in Kyiv several European leaders gathered for a summit convened by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,

Xi stated that China was pleased to see Russia and relevant parties making positive efforts to defuse the situation, reaffirming Beijing's stance on dialogue and peaceful resolution, according to Chinese state-owned media,

Diane Brady on Xi Jinping’s turn toward the tech sector. The big story: U.S. and Russia in talks on Ukraine. The markets: Treading water. Analyst notes from Goldman Sachs (on the U.S. economy), Apollo (on GDP),

China's lopsided trade flows and Xi Jinping's focus on manufacturing may represent the biggest danger to the global economy, according to former Treasury official Brad Setser. But he added that President Donald Trump's tariffs are not the solution and could even make matters worse,

It’s 12 years since Xi Jinping launched his crackdown on graft with a promise to catch “flies” as well as “tigers”. Since then, inspectors have disciplined six million officials. Yet last month the Chinese leader warned corruption was still on the rise and remained the “biggest threat” to the ruling Communist Party.