Xi Jinping
17 Dec
The meeting is the first to be held in person between Xi and and the bloc's leaders in four years. The two sides have clashed over trade and their differing stances on the war in Ukraine.
17 Oct 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing for the Belt and Road Initiative forum. It is Putin's first visit to China since February 2022, weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine.
10 Sep 2023
China's head of state and party leader has attended every G20 summit in the last decade. For the one coming up in India, he will be sending someone in his stead.
4 Sep 2023
President Xi Jinping appears unlikely to attend the upcoming G20 summit in India. Bilateral relations with New Delhi have grown frosty, while Beijing also faces pressure over human rights and Russia's war in Ukraine.
21 Jun 2023
The US president said it his Chinese counterpart was upset because he didn't know a balloon shot down over the US had been blown off course, something that was "embarassing for dictators."
19 Jun 2023
US officials hope Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to China will lower tensions with Beijing. In what was seen as a special gesture, announced at the last minute, the top US diplomat met China's head of state.
19 May 2023
The Chinese president has promised to bolster economic and infrastructure projects in the region at a "milestone" meeting with leaders from former Soviet states in the region.