Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday expressed his condolences on the demise of former Chinese premier Li Keqiang, while recalling the "significant strides" made in the bilateral ties between the two countries under his tenure.
68-year-old Li Keqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 17th, 18th and 19th Communist Party of China central committees and former premier, passed away on Friday in Shanghai.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Friday arrived at Delhi's Palam airbase to attend the G20 summit. He will lead his country in the deliberations over two days in the absence of President Xi Jinping.
Setting at rest all speculations around Chinese President Xi Jinping's participation at the G20 Summit in New Delhi, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China has announced that Li Qiang will attend the 18th G20 Summit to be held in New Delhi, India on September 9 and 10.
On Xi's behalf, Chinese Premier Li Qiang is expected to represent Beijing at the September 9-10 meeting in New Delhi, as per two Indian officials, one diplomat based in China and one official working for the government of another G20 country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was spotted having a brief exchange of words with Chinese Premier Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 15th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) leaders' press conference on Thursday.
Significantly, PM Modi and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping were seen standing apart from each other as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa held their hands together.
The world faces a multitude of global challenges - from climate change and debt risk to slowing growth and widening wealth gaps. "As a community with a shared future, we must cherish the gains of our cooperation, embrace the concept of win-win cooperation and work together to promote human p
China's gross domestic product for the January-March period of 2023 grew 4.5 per cent year on year in real terms, exceeding market expectations. That is up from 2.9 per cent in the October-December period of 2022 when the economy sputtered because of zero-COVID. The economy is now back on a
Xi Jinping's close associate Li Qiang has become the new Chinese Premier, but the question is whether he will wield any influence at all as his superior is busy consolidating all power in his hands.
He said it will take a lot of effort to meet the economic growth target of around five percent and that the government must make stability its top priority and do what is necessary to achieve an overall economic recovery.