For Xi Jinping, the main challenge lies within China itself. His absence from BRICS may reflect a deeper issue—his weakening ...

In over a decade in office, Xi never once missed a BRICS summit. Officially, Chinese officials informed Brazil that Xi had a ...

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Whether it’s illness, pressing preoccupation or sidelining by his own system, one thing is clear: China may be entering a ...

BRICS leaders will meet in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday, with the bloc depleted by the absence of China’s Xi Jinping, who is ...

The Brics summit began on Sunday, marked by the conspicuous absence of the leader of its largest partner, China. Further ...

Leaders of the BRICS group of emerging economies meeting for their annual summit had hoped to downplay any differences with ...

The BRICS, a loose grouping of ten “emerging market” economies led by Brazil, Russia, India and China, held their 17th annual ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping would not be in attendance at the high-stakes BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The news of Xi's absence from the bloc's upcoming meeting comes amid reports that the member ...

His absence coincides with a sweeping military purge that has seen the removal or disappearance of top PLA officials, ...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, paid tribute to martyrs who died in a major ...