King talks about late son, tears up in front of China’s President Xi

BEIJING: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, the King of Malaysia, became emotional when he talked about his departed prince Tunku Abdul Jalil with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The King was seen dabbing his eyes when expressing his gratitude to China for the assistance provided when the young prince underwent a liver transplant in 2014, said Housing and...

China ready to deepen ties with Malaysia for people’s benefit, says President Xi

BEIJING: China is ready to work closely with Malaysia, further synergise development strategies and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation. President Xi Jinping has stated that this is aimed at enhancing the benefits for both nations. "China and Malaysia also shared a similar concept with the Prime Minister's Malaysia Madani concept of a Community of Shared Future (CSF),” he...

Malaysia’s foreign policy has always favoured strong partnership with China, say King

BEIJING: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, says Malaysia’s foreign policy has always favoured a strong partnership with China. His Majesty, who ascended the throne on Jan 31, 2024, is on his maiden state visit to China from Thursday (Sept 19) to Sunday (Sept 22) at the invitation of President Xi Jinping. "Malaysia has gone through...

Xi Jinping tells Blinken US and China must be ‘partners, not rivals’

BEIJING (Reuters): Chinese President Xi Jinping on April 26 told the United States’ top diplomat Antony Blinken that the world’s two biggest economies should be “partners, not rivals”, adding that there were a “number of issues” to be resolved in their relations. “The two countries should be partners, not rivals,” Xi said, according to state broadcaster...

Xi vows to prevent anyone ‘splitting Taiwan from China’

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping (pic) vowed on Tuesday (Dec 26) to resolutely prevent anyone from "splitting Taiwan from China in any way", the official Xinhua news agency reported, a little more than two weeks before Taiwan elects a new leader. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, despite the strong objections of the government in...

PM Anwar invites Xi to visit, says Malaysia’s ambassador to China

BEIJING: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has invited China's President Xi Jinping (pic) to visit the country, says Malaysian ambassador to China Norman Muhamad in Beijing on Friday (Dec 1). "We are hoping that President Xi will consent to visiting Malaysia," Norman said during an event at the Malaysian embassy on the country's visa-free entry announcement for...

Anwar invites China’s Xi Jinping and Li Qiang to visit Malaysia next year

NANNING: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang to visit Malaysia next year to commemorate five decades of diplomatic relations between the two countries. "The 50th anniversary of Malaysia-China diplomatic relations is being planned together, and various activities will be held in Malaysia and China. "Once again, I extend an...

Xi Jinping: China’s proposal on Ukraine reflects unity of global views

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said that Beijing's proposal on how to solve the Ukraine crisis reflects global views and seeks to neutralise consequences, but acknowledged that the solutions are not easy. In an article published at the start of his visit to Moscow - the first by a world leader since the International Criminal...

Putin flaunts alliance with Xi as ‘dear friends’ meet in Kremlin

Vladimir Putin hosted his "dear friend" Xi Jinping for dinner at the Kremlin on Monday (March 20), showing off his relationship with his most powerful ally just days after an international court called for the Russian president's arrest for war crimes in Ukraine. Washington denounced Xi's visit, saying the timing indicated Beijing was providing Moscow with...