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HISTORICAL FACTS: Peng liyuan - Caught on Camera

South Korean president grins in selfies with China’s Xi as part of four-day charm offensive

Xi frames South Korea and China as historic allies against Japanese militarism

The Independent UK

Hot mic captures conversation between Xi and Putin discussing organ transplants and immortality

Hot mics caught what appeared to be a private conversation between Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin discussing the prospects for immortality as they attended China’s Victory Day military parade in Beijing on Wednesday.

Euronews

Putin arrives in China for key regional security summit amid stalled Ukraine peace talks

Putin is among a dozen leaders attending the regional security summit, which comes at a crunch moment in talks over his war on Ukraine, and for a summit thats demonstrating a strong show of unity among Global South leaders.

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China’s Xi Jinping begins first Europe tour in five years in France

Chinese president wants to repair ties with a sceptical Western Europe but faces questions over his Ukraine war stance.

Al Jazeera

Xi jokes that he’d have forgotten his wife’s birthday if Biden hadn’t reminded him

US president and Xi Jinping spent four hours in ‘productive’ talks in California

The Independent UK

Joe Biden meets Xi Jinping in California: seven key takeaways

The US and Chinese leaders agreed on sidelines of Apec summit to re-establish military communications and curb fentanyl production

The Guardian - AU

All the world's a stage

Global issues such as the Russian-Ukraine war affected countries around the world, and Thailand, as the host of the Apec summit, was no exception.

Bangkok Post

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Xi Jinping's 'unscripted' moments at G20, Apec

President Xi Jinping's unscripted moments during the summits in Southeast Asia last week offered rare insights into the country's most powerful leader in decades and reassurances about his post-pandemic diplomacy.

Bangkok Post

US, others at APEC summit condemn North Korean missile test

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris called an emergency gathering of several allies on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific economic summit on Friday, emerging with leaders of five other nations to condemn North Korea after it test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States.

Reuters

Xi Jinping: from ‘counter-revolutionary’ to absolute power

Born into the Communist party elite and shaped by the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese president stands on the brink of securing historic power

The Guardian - UK

Who is Xi Jinping's wife? Meet Peng Liyuan, the famous folk singer who helped pave the Chinese president's path to power

A lonely divorcee, Xi Jinping met Peng Liyuan, when he was 33. The famous and well-connected singer would change everything for the ambitious young politician.

ABC News

Iriana also plays roles: Indonesia's first lady diplomacy complements Jokowi's effort as G20 president

Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo attracted global attention when he paid a visit to Ukraine and Russia last month. But fewer observers and public noticed that his wife, First Lady Iriana Widodo, also accompanied him on the trip – including to Kyiv, the city currently deemed as the world’s most…

The Conversation

Hong Kong gears up to welcome Xi for handover anniversary

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to begin a two-day visit to Hong Kong to mark the 25th anniversary of the city’s handover to mainland China, with a raft of heightened security measures and thousands of guests put into quarantine ahead of the celebrations

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