Chinese President Xi Jinping told Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said that West Asia and the Gulf must not become a theatre for great-power rivalry, as the Omani ruler, on the first such visit since ties began in 1978, signalled readiness for a preferential trade and investment deal China is prepared to work with Arab…
The Middle East and Gulf region should not become a battleground for great-power rivalry, and China is willing to work with Arab nations to achieve lasting peace, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Oman’s sultan on Monday. China has traditionally played a low-key diplomatic role in the Middle East, but has stepped up efforts to try…
ANI | Updated: Nov 01, 2026 16:47 IST Taipei [Taiwan], November 1 (ANI): Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Deputy Minister Shen Yu-chung has highlighted the fundamental differences between China’s authoritarian political system and Taiwan’s democratic institutions, arguing that the fifth plenum of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 20th Central Committee and Taiwan’s ongoing election debates…
A file photo of the Xiong’an Library in Xiong’an New Area in Hebei province, which opened to the public in September 2025. Local authorities said it would boost the cultural soft power of the futuristic city and attract young talent. China’s ambitions are no longer confined to building the world’s factories, developing advanced technologies or…
The expulsions span China’s military, diplomatic, financial and industrial leadership, with the latest crackdown coming less than a year before the Communist Party’s 2027 Congress China’s Communist Party has expelled 33 senior officials, including some of the country’s most powerful military leaders, in one of the biggest disciplinary crackdowns in recent decades. The move comes…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that a possible meeting between the leaders of Russia, the United States and China could lead to a redistribution of global influence, drawing parallels with the 1945 Yalta Conference. “We really don’t want this to turn into ‘Yalta 2, 3, 4’, with a redistribution of influence,” Zelensky said in…
Beginning today (October 26), the Communist Party of China (CPC) is holding a four-day meeting of its top leaders in Beijing, known as the fifth plenum. Such meetings have previously heralded key policies — including the 1978 liberalisation of the Chinese economy. This year, the meeting comes as the rest of the world keenly watches…
Five people have been indicted in Taiwan for allegedly plotting to mow down a comedian with a car after his shows made fun of the Chinese government, including President Xi Jinping. The Taiwanese defendants were hired by a Chinese person and began tracking comedian Huang Yi-hao in July and planned to break his arms and…
Bryan Adams’ “Summer of ‘69” is an ode to nostalgia: a lost world of teenage romance, boundless possibilities, and a conviction that the good times might never end. Vladimir Putin was 16 that summer, though it’s safe to say his experiences of heady adolescence were a little different. By ninth grade, he’d already gone to…
US President Donald Trump said Monday he is willing to sit down with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in China next month, confirming media reports that the three leaders could meet on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit in Shenzhen next month. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Trump said such a summit would centre…