Trump Says 'President for Life' Sounds Great

Mar 4, 2018 | In closed-door remarks obtained by CNN, President Trump praised China's President Xi Jinping for recently consolidating power and extending his potential tenure, musing he wouldn't mind making such a maneuver himself.

Pivotal Regional Powers Are Turning Away from America and toward China

Sep 7, 2025 | CNN’s Fareed Zakaria speaks with The Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum about China calling attention to its growing global strength, with a huge military parade and a summit between China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.

Trump Accuses Xi Jinping, Putin, and Kim Jong Un of 'Conspiring' against the US | DW News

Sep 4, 2025 | China marked 80 years since Japan's surrender in the Second World War with its largest ever parade on Wednesday - a two-hour show of national unity, diplomatic depth and military might. President Xi was the star of the show. He traveled in an open-top car and wore a Mao-style suit as a tribute to the founding father of the People’s Republic. His guests were a rogue’s gallery of leaders who reject the American-led world order, among them Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who rarely leaves his country. Also on display was an array of military hardware, some of it never seen before. Xi cast himself as the leader of a new world order and characterized his country as “unstoppable” in a speech delivered at Wednesday’s parade.

World Leaders Snub Trump at Beijing Military Parade, as Putin, Kim and Xi Mark the End of WW2

Sep 4, 2025 | Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who made a rare foreign trip to attend, flanked President Xi as they ascended to the viewing platform overlooking Tiananmen Square and watched the display of military hardware and marching troops. Observers say the joint appearance was a show of unity against the United States.

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Putin and Xi Heading towards ‘More Aggressive’ War | Former Head of MI6

Sep 3, 2025 | “You can see the manoeuvring that’s been carried out particularly by China and Russia to create a new international security system, that’s the problem at the moment.”

“We should be concerned about the reconfiguration of global security”, says former head of MI6 Sir Richard Dearlove, as it could become a “more aggressive confrontation in the future.”

À Pékin, le président Xi Jinping déroule le tapis rouge à Vladimir Poutine et Kim Jong-un

LE FIGARO : Le dirigeant chinois a orchestré ce mercredi la plus grande parade militaire de l’histoire du pays pour commémorer les 80 ans de la victoire sur le Japon.

La place Tiananmen s’est transformée en théâtre de la puissance chinoise. Ce mercredi 3 septembre, Xi Jinping a présidé le plus grand défilé militaire jamais organisé par la Chine : une cérémonie grandiose pour marquer le 80e anniversaire de la défaite japonaise à la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le président chinois, vêtu d’un costume qui n’est pas sans rappeler celui de Mao Zedong, a accueilli tour à tour Kim Jong-un puis Vladimir Poutine, et avant eux, une vingtaine de dirigeants étrangers. » | Par Ségolène Forgar | mercredi 3 septembre 2025

Xi Uses Summit, Parade and History to Flaunt China’s Global Pull

THE NEW YORK TIMES: With the leaders of Russia and India visiting, China’s president will show how he can use statecraft, military might and history to push for global influence.

Xi Jinping could hardly have scripted a more favorable moment. This weekend, the leaders of India and Russia joined him at a security summit in China — one leader pushed away by President Trump’s tariffs, the other brought out of isolation by his embrace.

For Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, U.S. tariffs on Indian goods have raised doubts about leaning too heavily on Washington. For President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, his red-carpet treatment in Alaska by Mr. Trump blunted Western efforts to punish him for the invasion of Ukraine.

At the center is Mr. Xi, turning America’s alienation of India into an opportunity, and finding validation for his own long alignment with Mr. Putin.

The summit of more than 20 leaders, mostly from Central Asia, followed by a military parade in Beijing showcasing China’s newest missiles and warplanes, is not just pageantry. It shows how Mr. Xi is trying to turn history, diplomacy and military might into tools for reshaping a global order that has been dominated by the United States. » | David Pierson, Mujib Mashal and Nataliya Vasilyeva | David Pierson reported from Tianjin, China, Mujib Mashal from New Delhi and Nataliya Vasilyeva from Istanbul. | Published: Saturday, August 30, 2025. Updated: Sunday, August 31, 2025

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Xi Jinpings Pläne: Wie gefährlich sind sie für Europa? | auslandsjournal

Mar 9, 2025 | Nicht nur Donald Trump arbeitet an einer neuen Weltordnung. China ist schon seit Jahren dabei, Kräfteverhältnisse und Einflusssphären auf der ganze Welt zu seinen Gunsten zu verschieben. Wohin geht es für China, seit den Strafzöllen und dem Handelskrieg mit den USA? Wie wichtig Technik in dieser Weltordnung sind, seht ihr in diesem Video.

‘We’re Your True Friends,’ Xi Tells Putin, as Trump Courts Russia

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Chinese and Russian leaders reaffirmed their relationship in a video call on Monday, an apparent rebuff to the idea that the Trump administration could drive a wedge between them.

China’s leader said his country and Russia were “true friends who have been through thick and thin together” after a video call with President Vladimir V. Putin on Monday, part of a pointed mutual affirmation of allegiance between Beijing and Moscow as President Trump has turned toward the Kremlin.

The warm words attributed to Xi Jinping in Chinese state media were clearly intended to dampen speculation that the Trump administration, which has pursued a rapid rapprochement with Russia, might succeed in driving a wedge between Beijing and Moscow.

The call came on the anniversary of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, after three years in which China extended a lifeline to Russia by helping Mr. Putin weather economic isolation from the West and struggles on the battlefield.

Shortly before the invasion of Ukraine, Mr. Xi and Mr. Putin heralded a “no limits” partnership. Since then, China has sustained Russia’s war machine with oil purchases and exports of dual-use technologies. » | David Pierson and Paul Sonne | David Pierson reported from Hong Kong and Paul Sonne from Berlin. | Monday, February 24, 2025

China’s Male Leaders Signal to Women That Their Place Is in the Home

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Communist Party’s solution to the country’s demographic crisis and a slowing economy is to push women back into traditional roles.

At China’s top political gathering for women, it was mostly a man who was seen and heard.

Xi Jinping, the country’s leader, sat center stage at the opening of the National Women’s Congress. A close-up of him at the Congress was splashed on the front page of the Chinese Communist Party’s newspaper the next day. From the head of a large round table, Mr. Xi lectured female delegates at the closing meeting on Monday.

“We should actively foster a new type of marriage and childbearing culture,” he said in a speech, adding that it was the role of party officials to influence young people’s views on “love and marriage, fertility and family.”

The Women’s Congress, held every five years, has long been a forum for the ruling Communist Party to demonstrate its commitment to women. The gesture, while mostly symbolic, has taken on more significance than ever this year, the first time in two decades that there are no women in the party’s executive policymaking body.

What was notable was how officials downplayed gender equality. They focused instead on using the gathering to press Mr. Xi’s goal for Chinese women: get married and have babies. In the past, officials had touched on the role women play at home as well as in the work force. But in this year’s address, Mr. Xi made no mention of women at work. » | Alexandra Stevenson | Thursday, November 2, 2023

I should like to draw your attention to the fact that I have been saying this for a very long time. In fact, I recently stated something similar on this very blog. Allow me to restate it here:

“Western women need to start giving birth again. They need to start making babies instead of making careers. Feminism lies at the root of so many of our problems in Western societies. – © Mark Alexander” – Mark Alexander, October 28, 2023

Clearly, Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party have similar ideas and solutions for their own demographic problems. Fact is, far too few babies are being born in the West and in the East too. This was bound to manifest itself as a huge problem in time. Women cannot be both career girls and procreating, fertile mothers. It is either one or the other.

It is an economic fact of life that industry and commerce require sufficient labour. Regardless of technological advancement, this will always be so.

Politicians, especially on those on the right of the political spectrum, talk incessantly about the need for economic growth. This is quite understandable. However, what is not easy to understand is that they talk about economic growth as though it were simply a consequence of a reduction in taxation for the CEOs at the top. But it is not. What these politicians fail to understand is that without sufficient labour, CEOs, however clever and however entrepreneurial, cannot turn a profit at all!

Consider a colony of bees! There is the queen bee and then there are the worker bees. And so it is for humans, too. Where would companies be without the workers? And where do the workers come from when all women are out working?

To solve that, there is but ONE solution. We have to bring them in from abroad. And that is precisely what we have been doing for decades. But we should all know by now that bringing in foreigners by the drove can cause friction in societies, simply because immigration brings with it people entering the country with different religious backgrounds. When people have different religious backgrounds, they naturally have different values. Their aims, goals and ideas of how to live vary, often considerably, from those of the indigenous population's. Fact is, immigration should be allowed in proportion to the size of the country and the size of the indigenous population. If these principles are not adhered to, thre will be trouble ahead.

A German polician for whom I had the greatest respect and admiration was the late German Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt. He spoke clearly about the dangers of immigration. In fact, it was only yesterday that I placed a #short up of his words on this very blog. For those who speak German, please click here. One of the things I so admired about Helmut Schmidt was that he was unafraid to uttter uncomfortable truths.

So, in summary, Xi Jinping and his Communist Party are absolutely right about this: society should start re-thinking the role of women in society. It is more important that a woman be productive giving birth than it is for her to be productive in the workplace. Men can run offices and businesses; but men cannot give birth to babies. – © Mark Alexander

With Putin by His Side, Xi Outlines His Vision of a New World Order

THE NEW YORK TIMES: China’s close ties with Russia in countering American dominance point to a geopolitical rift that could shape the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

The leaders of China and Russia hailed each other as “old” and “dear” friends. They took swipes at the United States and depicted themselves as building a “fairer, multipolar world.” And they marveled at their countries’ “deepening” trust.

China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, used a Beijing-led conference of leaders from mostly developing countries on Wednesday to showcase his ambitions to reshape the global order, as the world grapples with a war in Ukraine and a crisis in Gaza. He cast his country as an alternative to the leadership of the United States. And he gave a prominent role to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, underscoring how central their relationship is to Mr. Xi’s vision.

The event, the Belt and Road Forum, is centered on China’s signature foreign policy initiative, which aims to expand Beijing’s influence abroad with infrastructure projects. Mr. Putin was treated as the guest of honor and often pictured by Mr. Xi’s side. The two leaders also met for three hours in Beijing on Wednesday.

While Mr. Putin and Mr. Xi huddled, President Biden landed in Israel on a visit aimed at preventing the war between Israel and Hamas from spreading. Though Mr. Xi did not publicly remark on the war, Mr. Putin, at a news briefing, blamed the United States for increasing tensions in the Middle East by sending warships to the region. He said that such regional conflicts were “shared threats that only strengthen Russo-Chinese relations.” (+ video) » | David Pierson, Anatoly Kurmanaev and Tiffany May | Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Xi Jinping Welcomes ‘Dear Friend’ Putin in Beijing

THE TELEGRAPH: The leaders have a shared vision for a new international order to counter the US and other democratic nations

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping meet at the Belt and Road summit in Beijing | SERGEI SAVOSTYANOV/AFP
Vladimir Putin met with his “dear friend” Xi Jinping as the two smiling leaders shook hands and posed for photos in Beijing to underline their “no limits” friendship.

The Russian president, who is wanted for war crimes, met with the Chinese leader at the Belt and Road summit on Tuesday which is marking the 10-year anniversary of China’s flagship global infrastructure project.

Putin was joined at the conference by a Taliban minister and the Kazakh president along with representatives from 130 other countries.

The Russian president was keen to cast himself as a close ally of China, telling reporters ahead of the trip: “President Xi Jinping calls me his friend, and I call him my friend, too.” » | Nicola Smith, Asia Correspondent and James Crisp, Europe Correspondent | Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Why Did Xi Jinping Send His Own Furniture When Travelling to the BRICS Meeting in South Africa? | #shorts

Find out why here.

Decoding Putin and Xi's Blueprint for a New World Order | DW Analysis

Sep 29, 2023 | China and Russia are getting closer. Rather than distancing himself from Vladimir Putin over his war against Ukraine, Xi Jinping is doubling down on the relationship. And Putin is becoming more and more dependent on Xi as an economic, military and geopolitical lifeline. Why is this happening? What do Xi and Putin want to achieve? And what does their relationship mean for the rest of the world?

DW’s Richard Walker goes on a deep dive into the roots of the Moscow-Beijing relationship. Finding how the two sides are an economic “match made in heaven.” How China’s People Liberation Army wouldn’t be where it is today without military supplies from Russia when it was frozen out from other suppliers. And how the personal bond between Putin and Xi is feeding into a joint mission by the two men to reshape the world.

This relationship has potentially deep implications for every nation on earth. In part 3, we explore the impact in three areas currently underestimated by many: the prospect of joint China-Russia nuclear weapons planning, the impact on India of Russia becoming subordinate to China, and the implications for the endgame of the Ukraine war.

Featuring interviews with leading experts including Alexander Gabuev, Bonnie Glaser, Zhou Bo, Garima Mohan, Wang Huiyao and Decker Eveleth.

What's behind China's Focus on the Arab World? | DW News

Dec 9, 2022 | Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on a "pioneering trip" to "open a new era of China's relations with the Arab world' - in Xi's own words. The visit is Xi's first to the kingdom in six years. The two countries affirmed their ties and signed a series of strategic deals - including one with tech giant Huawei. The Chinese leader is expected to meet more Gulf oil producers later.

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Xi Jinping reçu en majesté en Arabie saoudite

LE MONDE : A Riyad pour trois jours, le numéro un chinois promeut une « nouvelle ère » dans les relations sino-arabes.

Xi Jinping et Mohammed Ben Salman, lors de la cérémonie d’accueil du président chinois à Riyad, la capitale saoudienne, le 8 décembre 2022. BANDAR AL-JALOUD / AFP
La scène a fait l’ouverture du journal télévisé chinois, jeudi 8 décembre, à 19 heures. On y voit le Boeing 747 d’Air China transportant Xi Jinping, d’abord escorté par quatre avions de chasse dans le ciel saoudien puis, une fois posé sur le tarmac à Riyad, survolé par six autres jets, laissant dans leur sillage une traînée rouge et jaune, les couleurs du drapeau chinois. Dans le même temps, vingt et un coups de canon saluent alors l’arrivée du président chinois.

Même si ni le roi Salman, ni le prince héritier Mohammed Ben Salman (« MBS ») n’étaient présents sur le tarmac pour accueillir le numéro un chinois, l’Arabie saoudite a réservé à celui-ci des honneurs auxquels le président américain Joe Biden n’avait pas eu droit lors de sa visite en juillet. Jeudi, une autre vidéo montre Xi Jinping descendre de sa berline chinoise Drapeau rouge escortée d’une garde d’honneur à cheval jusqu’au palais royal et serrant longuement la main du prince héritier. » | Par Frédéric Lemaître (Pékin, correspondant) | vendredi 9 décembre 2022

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La majesté accordée à Xi Jinping par Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) lors de cette visite d'Etat n'augure rien de bon pour l'influence future des Etats-Unis, et par extension de l'Occident, dans le Golfe. L'éclipse future possible de l'influence américaine au Moyen-Orient laisse présager des changements majeurs à venir. – © Mark Alexander

'Xi Jinping, Step Down!': Anti-lockdown Protests Spread across China

Nov 27, 2022 | Demonstrations have broken out in cities and university campuses across China amid widespread anger at Covid lockdowns. The wave of civil disobedience was triggered by an apartment fire on Friday in which at least 10 people died in the west Xinjiang region. In an unusually bold act that appeared to indicate the level of people’s desperation, a crowd in Shanghai called for the removal of the Communist party and President Xi Jinping in a standoff with police on Saturday, according to videos circulated on Twitter. Chinese people usually refrain from criticising the party and its leaders in public for fear of reprisals Anti-lockdown protests spread in China as anger rises over zero-Covid strategy Depressed, powerless, angry: why frustration at China’s zero-Covid is spilling over

Chinese State Media Pushes Putin's Lies about Ukraine Invasion

Mar 10, 2022 • In public statements and at international summits, Chinese officials have attempted to stake out a seemingly neutral position on the war in Ukraine, neither condemning Russian actions nor ruling out the possibility Beijing could act as a mediator in a push for peace.

But while its international messaging has kept many guessing as to Beijing's true intentions, much of its domestic media coverage of Russia's invasion tells a wholly different story. CNN's David Culver reports.

Who Can Prevail on Putin Now War in Ukraine Has Started? Peace Depends on It

THE GUARDIAN – OPINION: The Russian leader listens to China’s Xi Jinping and a circle of rich cronies. Only they may be able to prevent huge bloodshed

Russian president Vladimir Putin with Chinese president Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, 4 February 2022. Photograph: Alexei Druzhinin/AP
All Europe must have awoken this morning and heard the news with horror. Sometimes history refuses to die. The fate of 44 million Ukrainians at the mercy of Russia and its vast army is appalling to contemplate. Indeed, so wild and mendacious are the utterances of Vladimir Putin in the past 24 hours that they suggest a dictator deranged and out of control. It is precisely the danger that was forecast by strategic theorists at the dawn of the nuclear age.

As of this morning, Putin’s declared intention is to “demilitarise” Ukraine and assert Russia’s de facto sovereignty over the Donbas east of the country. The latter is chiefly an exaggeration of what Russia has done covertly since 2014. The former is hard to see other than as formal conquest. This is no longer some border dispute or separatist uprising, but the concerted assault of a great power on a substantial neighbour.

Ukraine’s friends and sympathisers have been fulsome in offering comfort and “support”. Ever since 1989, western Europe has been eager, perhaps over-eager, to welcome former Soviet bloc countries into its embrace. Many thought this a mistake. Offering Nato and EU membership up to Russia’s border was certain to inflame that country’s well-known sense of insecurity, but the risk was taken. At the same time any idea of including Ukraine and Georgia in that embrace was rightly thought a risk too far. Putin has now grotesquely proved that risk. » | Simon Jenkins | Thursday, February 24, 2022

AUF DEUTSCH:

China will keine Invasion erkennen: Erst vor Kurzem haben sich Xi Jinping und Wladimir Putin eine „Freundschaft ohne Grenzen“ versprochen. Wie weit reicht sie nach dem russischen Angriff auf die Ukraine? Von einer Invasion will man in Peking jedenfalls nichts wissen. »

Putin and Xi against the West: Democracy under Pressure? | To the Point

Feb 10, 2022 • Have Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping joined forces against the West?

Certainly, China has been using the Winter Olympics for a massive display of its political and economic might. Russia, meanwhile, continues to flex its muscles in the war of words over the future of Ukraine. Diplomatic efforts to ease the situation are in overdrive, including missions to Moscow and Washington.

So, this time round on TO THE POINT, we ask: Putin and Xi against the West: Democracy under pressure?

Our guests: Sudha David-Wilp (German Marshall Fund); Didi-Kirsten Tatlow (DGAP); Vladimir Esipov (DW)