Xi's India visit to strengthen ties

BEIJING, Sept. 9 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India and other South Asian countries will push forward bilateral relations, a senior diplomat said on Tuesday.
Invited by Maldives President Abdulla Yameen, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, Xi will pay state visits to the Maldives, Sri Lanka and India later this month.
Xi's visit to the three countries will have significant and profound effects, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jianchao said at a press conference.
During his India tour, Xi will meet with Mukherjee, hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and meet other Indian leaders. Xi will give a speech in New Delhi on China-India relations and China's South Asia policy and make extensive contacts with Indian people from all walks of life.
As the two biggest developing countries and emerging economies, both China and India are committed to economic development and improving the lives of their people. They stand for a new international order that is more just and equitable.
The development of China and India are each other's opportunity and peaceful, cooperative and inclusive development will not only benefit the two peoples but Asia and the world. The two countries have kept up boundary negotiations and ensured the peace and stability of the border area.
Xi's visit to the Maldives, Sri Lanka and India will push forward the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, said Liu.
The president's South Asia tour will also set up a framework for China-South Asia cooperation in the future and promote common development and prosperity, he said.

Editor:Liang Jun、Bianji

Chinese, Russian presidents meet ahead of SCO summit

DUSHANBE, Sept. 11 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, met here Thursday ahead of the 14th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
It is the fourth meeting between the two leaders so far this year. Xi held talks with Putin in February before the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, and then in May during the fourth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia in Shanghai.
The two presidents met again in July in Brazil ahead of a summit of the emerging-market bloc of BRICS, which groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Xi has held talks or met with Putin for nine times since he assumed the office of Chinese presidency in March 2013, which testifies to the high level and distinctiveness of China-Russia relations.
Both Xi and Putin will attend the 14th summit of the SCO slated for Thursday and Friday in the Tajik capital.

 

Editor:Sun Zhao、Yao Chun

Source: People'sDaily

Xi Jinping’s Mysterious Disappearance amidst Uncertain Political Environment

Xi Jinping is back!
however, the manner in which he disappeared and the extent to which this gave rise to a series of rumors inside and outside China should be treated as a wake up call especially because the leadership remain tight lipped about the whole episode and its causes. Here is my recent commentary on the IDSA webiste on this subject.