Russian president Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Thursday to start his two-day state visit to China, his first foreign visit since his re-election in March. During the visit, Putin and Chinese president Xi Jinping will take part in a gala evening celebrating 75 years since the Soviet Union recognised the People’s Republic of China and hold talks...

The Russian president will meet Xi Jinping as part of a trip that Chinese state media has described a visit from an ‘old friend’Full report: Putin arrives in ChinaRussia’s ministry of foreign affairs has tweeted this video of Putin landing in Beijing. The Russian president is greeted by delegates and then leaves the airport at the centre of a huge convoy.Prior...

During the Russian leader’s two-day visit, the war in Ukraine, energy and trade will be on the agendaPutin arrives in China for state visit – live updatesRussian president Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing for talks with his Chinese counterpart and “old friend” Xi Jinping, in an effort to further deepen the close and strategic partnership between...

Court order compels Google subsidiary to block local access to 32 videos of Glory to Hong Kong, judged to be prohibited contentAlphabet’s YouTube on Tuesday said it would comply with a court decision and block access inside Hong Kong to 32 video links deemed prohibited content, in what critics say is a blow to freedoms in the financial hub amid a security...

Zhang Zhan, jailed for reporting on Covid in Wuhan, has made no contact with outside worldConcerns are growing about the wellbeing of one of China’s most prominent citizen journalists who has failed to make contact with the outside world after she was supposed to have been released from prison.Zhang Zhan, 40, a lawyer turned citizen journalist, was...

Philippines coast guard and navy watch as wooden boats head to Scarborough shoal to place buoys and hand food packs to local fishersA flotilla of about 100 mostly small fishing boats led by Filipino activists has set sail for a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, where Beijing’s coast guard and suspected militia ships have used powerful water cannon...