Meeting comes as Xi calls for a ‘rational way’ out of Ukraine war and weeks after China brokered the Saudi-Iran truce.

Meeting comes as Xi calls for a ‘rational way’ out of Ukraine war and weeks after China brokered the Saudi-Iran truce.
On his way to Moscow, China’s president is trying to cast Beijing as a peacemaker after more than a year of war.
The China-brokered detente can improve regional stability and benefit US interests in the Middle East, experts say.
President emerged from the annual meeting of China’s parliament with loyal aides in place, and his power entrenched.
New premier Li Qiang, 63, a confidant of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, faces the task of reviving China’s flagging economy.
Beijing has continued to stand by Russia even after the invasion of Ukraine, but it’s paying the price for this support.
Xi has sidelined potential challengers and filled the party’s top ranks with his supporters since taking power in 2012.
PM Trudeau and Canadian security officials have acknowledged interference attempts by China in Canada’s elections.
China’s parliament set to hand Xi Jinping third term as president and implement biggest government shake-up in a decade.
The annual meetings of China’s parliament and political advisory body will include a GDP forecast for 2023.
Top diplomat Wang Yi, who is currently in Moscow, has said ties between the two countries are ‘rock solid’.
Tehran wants to expand ties with its ‘strategic’ partner, but it faces serious hurdles.
Biden administration faces growing calls from US Congress for tough policies against China after ‘spy’ balloon incident.
Chinese ‘surveillance’ balloon in US airspace is an ‘unacceptable’ violation of sovereignty, Washington says.