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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have delivered a joint message to Donald Trump: their vision of a multipolar global order is advancing, despite what they view as persistent American hegemony and unilateralism. Over the past […]

In a joint statement released by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, the three countries said diplomatic engagement and dialogue based on “mutual respect” were the “only effective and viable options” for addressing the issue of Iran’s nuclear programme. They added that

Ties with Tokyo may be on the mend but Japan should not use Taiwan to stir up trouble in the region, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned on Friday. While praising “a positive trend of improvement and development” in relations

Chinese President Xi Jinping told senior Kremlin aide Sergei Shoigu on Friday that the two countries were “true friends like steel repeatedly tempered by fire”, according to state broadcaster CCTV. “Both sides should continue to strengthen their coordination in international

China has little cause to worry about the US-Russia rapprochement, according to observers, who say the Asian neighbours’ shared strategic goal to counter the West and deep economic ties make for a partnership that is hard to break. The meeting

Former US president Jimmy Carter, who established formal diplomatic relations with Beijing and welcomed China’s paramount leader Deng Xiaoping to the White House, died on Sunday. He was 100 years old and had been in hospice care since February 2023.

“USA today. The future has begun!” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban posted on X this month after visiting Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, showing the Time magazine cover of the president-elect, its person of the year. Two days earlier, Trump dined

The US and China held what could be their last working-group meetings on economics and finance, a month before Donald Trump’s return to the White House amid an anticipated revival of the two superpowers’ trade war. The US Treasury on

US president-elect Donald Trump will nominate Scott Bessent, a hedge fund manager, to be the country’s next Treasury secretary, a key player in carrying out what is expected to be a tough economic agenda against China, according to US media

Roughly a third of the American electorate has cast its ballots ahead of the country’s much-anticipated Election Day on Tuesday, a method that both major presidential campaigns are embracing. Polls suggest that the Democratic nominee, US Vice-President Kamala Harris, is