The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

Australia rules out cancelling Chinese company’s lease over Port of Darwin

Government also presses for removal of imposts on wine ahead of Anthony Albanese’s visit to Beijing next month

The Guardian - AU · Oct 20, 2023

China is building up its nuclear weapons arsenal faster than previous projections, a US report says

A Pentagon report on China’s military power says Beijing is on track to significantly increase its nuclear weapons arsenal by 2030 and is “almost certainly” learning lessons from Russia’s war in Ukraine about what a conflict over Taiwan might look like

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Putin Says Arctic Shipping Route Could Be Navigable Year-Round by 2024

Russia welcomes countries to get ‘directly involved’ in the development of its 3,500-mile-long Northern Sea Route, the country’s president said at the Belt and Road forum in Beijing

Caixin Global · Oct 19, 2023

China’s Xi warns West against economic ‘decoupling’

The Chinese president praised his 10-year Belt and Road Initiative at an international forum celebrating the project.

Al Jazeera · Oct 18, 2023

Russian President Putin and Chinese leader Xi meet in Beijing and call for close policy coordination

The leaders of Russia and China have met in Beijing and called for close foreign policy coordination

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2023

China says US moves to limit access to advanced computer chips hurt supply chains, cause huge losses

Beijing has vigorously protested the U.S. Commerce Department's latest update of export controls to prevent exports to China of advanced computer chips and the equipment to make them

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2023

Xi hails ‘deepening trust’ between China and Russia as he meets Putin

Chinese president notes that he and Putin have met 42 times in the past decade and developed a ‘deep friendship’.

Al Jazeera · Oct 18, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war live: US supplying long-range missiles to Kyiv ‘just prolongs the agony’ for Ukraine, warns Putin – as it happened

Russian president says decision to supply army tactical missile systems shows US is wading deeper into the conflict

The Guardian - AU · Oct 18, 2023

Xi praises 'deepening' trust between China and Russia in talks with Putin

Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that "political mutual trust" between their countries was "continuously deepening", Beijing's state media reported.

France 24 · Oct 18, 2023

Mutual praise, buzzwords plus a few walkouts: Xi and Putin meet in Beijing

Vladimir Putin lauded the success of ‘our Chinese friends’ at global forum, while Xi Jinping spoke out against international sanctions and ‘decoupling’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 18, 2023