Within days of each other, Chinese President Xi Jinping rolled out the red carpet in Beijing for two of the world’s most powerful and controversial leaders: US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The near-identical military ceremonies, cannon salutes and choreographed welcomes were carefully designed to project China as the indispensable centre of global diplomacy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump concluded his own visit to China, highlighting…

Less than a week after Xi Jinping rolled out the red carpet for US President Donald Trump, the Chinese leader is hosting another guest of honor – and this time it’s a close ally.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is set to host his "old friend" Vladimir Putin less than a week after Donald Trump's high-profile visit, as Beijing seeks to project itself as a stable…

Russian leader’s two-day visit to Beijing comes as China seeks to project itself as a pillar of global stability

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Beijing on Tuesday for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, looking to deepen a strategic partnership stretching from Scandinavia…

Less than a week after the US president’s visit to China, it is now Vladimir Putin who is heading to Beijing. The question is which leader will prove the more persuasive partner…

If last week’s state visit was about managing ties between the superpowers, welcoming the Russian leader Tuesday is about reassuring a long-standing partner who calls Xi Jinping a…

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to host his “old friend” Vladimir Putin less than a week after Donald Trump’s high-profile visit, as Beijing...

Xi and Putin hold talks just days after US President Donald Trump made an official visit to China.

Coming so soon after the visit by US president Donald Trump, the optics and outcomes of the meeting between China and Russia will be closely scrutinised

China has rolled out the red carpet for Russian President Vladimir Putin, just days after Xi Jinping hosted US President Donald Trump.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed ties with Russia as a force of “calm amid chaos” during a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday, which comes days after Xi hosted US…

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin met in Beijing, just days after the Chinese leader hosted Donald Trump, signaling a significant diplomatic moment between China and Russia.

The Russian leader has been welcomed to Beijing with the same red carpet pomp bestowed on Trump days earlier. But while Putin and Xi share an unmatchable bromance, the US-China…

The two leaders have praised each other profusely in the past, with Xi at one point describing Putin as his 'best and most intimate friend.'

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping agreed to a raft of deals in front of invited press less than a week after Donald Trump left China's capital with no confirmed deals.

“Xi has consolidated this position that Great Power politics now must go through Beijing,” one expert tells TIME.

The world's two most powerful leaders flew to Beijing and left having given Xi Jinping exactly what he wanted - proof that the centre of global power has shifted, and it isn't…

Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit comes just one week after President Donald Trump met with China's Xi Jinping for a landmark summit.

Choreography of back-to-back visits appeared deliberately mirrored but China made sure the differences were noticed