Russian President Vladimir Putin has "gladly accepted the invitation" to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games and the two countries are in close communication on Putin's trip, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Tuesday. Putin's acceptance of the invitation will further...More

As China and Russia forge a closer partnership, anxiety in Washington are growing. Elites in Washington naively think they could drive a wedge between China and Russia by stimulating Moscow's wariness toward Beijing, but they will find in the end they are self-deceiving. Michael McFaul, former US ambassador...More

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Guilin, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and met with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday. Lavrov's visit is significant. First, this is the first high-level face-to-face meeting between China and Russia since the pandemic. Second, this...More

On September 19, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said in an interview with the Japanese publication Nikkei Asia Review that Russia will not join a US coalition against China or others. This is not the first time that Moscow has rejected an anti-China coalition. As early...More

China officially began the world's largest tunnel construction under a major river on Tuesday, kick starting the construction of the 1,509-kilometer-long southern Chinese section of the China-Russia east-route natural gas pipeline. A Chinese oil industry analyst said the project will help cushion rising geopolitical risks. The tunnel under...More

In 2006, North Korea tested a nuclear weapon for the first time. Obviously, one of the major reasons was the fear to ward off threats to its government from the United States that never spared a regime opposed to Washington. Since sanctions have driven Pyongyang to keep testing...More