Africa’s top lenders are opening branches in major Chinese cities in a race to tap into growing trade ties between China and Africa amid Beijing’s push for yuan-based transactions. This is despite threats from the US, where president-elect Donald Trump has said he will impose 100 per cent tariffs on Brics countries that pursue de-dollarisation….
India and China have pledged to reflect on the lessons learned from their border stand-off in 2020, while emphasising the need for regular communication to prevent a recurrence. The resolution came at the first diplomatic talks under a key dialogue mechanism since both sides withdrew from two face-off points along their disputed western Himalayan border….
In just one week, two encounters in different parts of the world showed the balance Indonesia is trying to strike between its strategic and economic interests. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will perform that balancing act again later this month when he visits Beijing on a multistop trip to raise Jakarta’s international standing. Observers say there…
Kolkata: Ambassador of China to India Xu Feihong on Wednesday called the recent meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of BRICS Summit at Kazan in Russia ‘very important’. The diplomat qualified the talks, the first formal one between the two leaders in the past five years,…
It should not come as a big surprise that China and India finally came to their senses and agreed to end their four-year-old border hostilities, at least for now. But the timing of the detente – which occurred during a Russia-hosted event ahead of the US presidential election next week – is rather curious. New…
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Wednesday for the Brics nations to lead the “urgent” reform of the international financial architecture to better reflect the global economy. He told the bloc’s annual summit it should also drive reform of global governance and cooperate further in innovation and green development. The meeting in the Russian city…
China and Russia are committed to boosting their cooperation for a “fair world order” amid chaotic times, their leaders stated at their third face-to-face meeting this year. The talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the 16th Brics summit in Kazan, Russia, on Tuesday came as…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has landed in the Russian city of Kazan for the BRICS summit of emerging industrialized nations. Television images showed the head of the Russian republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, welcoming Xi at the airport on Tuesday. Xi is one of more than 20 heads of state and government expected at the…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday left for Russia to attend the BRICS summit where he is expected to meet leaders of the member countries, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines. Xi will articulate China‘s vision for “greater cooperation” of the BRICS bloc, which has now expanded to 10 members, and “open a…
China sided with Russia in a row with the US-led West on Friday as the United Nations Security Council debated accountability for the 2022 explosions on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines. It came as both Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is expected to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this month, and top diplomat…