Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin used their Beijing summit on 20 May to reinforce the strategic partnership between China and Russia, extending their landmark friendship treaty while expanding cooperation across energy, trade, transport, technology and global governance. The meeting, held at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, came only days after […]

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US President Donald Trump concluded his visit to China with both Washington and Beijing emphasizing strategic cooperation and global stability, although the summit stopped short of delivering the fully confirmed large-scale agreements many investors and markets had anticipated. Rather than producing immediate transformational breakthroughs, the summit appeared primarily designed to stabilise…