It is rare for Chinese presidents to attend ASEAN summits, with Xi only having joined a 2021 special summit virtually since he gained power in 2012. Attendance by U.S. presidents is also uncommon - Trump attended in 2017, while President Joe Biden joined Xi remotely in 2021. Biden also attended the summit in person in Cambodia the following year.

China used an event marking the final stretch before its biggest diplomatic event of the year to accuse the US of “threatening world peace,” in a thinly veiled critique of the rival superpower just before it hosts a key gathering of global leaders.

PM Modi is also expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the margins of the SCO Summit in the Chinese city of Tianjin

And “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary has a stark warning for investors watching the drama unfold. “I was going to make one observation regarding negotiating with Xi, which is unique to every other country,

China’s “bedside eavesdroppers,” the online posse parsing rumors for power shifts, have a lot to work with as Xi Jinping pushes aside his own political appointees.

Chinese President Xi Jinping took a jab at the Dalai Lama while in Tibet, alluding to a need for greater control over "religious affairs."

In other words, Xi’s iron grip on the military not only endures, it is also indicative of his obsession with breaking the PLA’s insularity and endemic corruption and ensuring that, should he need to bet the regime on the military’s prowess, it will not fail.

President Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping assured him the People’s Republic will not invade Taiwan while Trump is in office. Trump make the remarks during an interview Friday with Fox News’ “Special Report,