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We have put together stories from our coverage of Xi and Putin’s meeting in Beijing. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. Xi and Putin’s united front – from tigers to trade: the summit takeaways
Putin’s trip to Beijing came only days after US President Donald Trump’s closely watched visit to the Chinese capital, the back-to-back summits highlighting the strong trust between Beijing and Moscow and China’s ability to manage ties with the two major powers.
2. Xi-Putin summit live: jabs at Golden Dome, possible US-Russia meet in Shenzhen
As both Beijing and Moscow have come under mounting pressure from Washington in recent years, the neighbouring countries have strengthened strategic communication, with officials hailing ties as being at an all-time high.
3. Could Putin, Trump visits pave the way for ‘trilateral coordination’ with China?
As energy cooperation tops the summit agenda, back-to-back state visits of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin could pave the way for emerging “trilateral coordination” between China, Russia and the United States.
4. Inside the royal garden that is Putin’s ‘second home’ in China

When Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday evening for a two-day state visit, he once again returned to his “second home” at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, a royal garden that has hosted heavyweights including Richard Nixon, Boris Yeltsin and Kim Jong-un.
5. Why China-Russia ties outpace Beijing’s engagement with Washington
China has rolled out the red carpet for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 25th visit to the country, underscoring a frequency of head-of-state diplomacy that far outpaces its engagement with the United States.
6. Substance for Putin, ‘face’ for Trump as China, Russia deepen strategic alliance
Days after US President Donald Trump’s visit framed around managing risks, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin reached a raft of agreements and pledged deeper cooperation as they met in Beijing.
7. How Putin’s chance encounter with a Chinese boy in Beijing shaped a life’s path

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese engineer Peng Pai on Wednesday, over a quarter century after a chance encounter between the two when Peng was 12 years old during Putin’s first presidential visit to China.
8. Putin is pushing for a ‘serious’ new energy deal in China. Will he get it?
Last week, US President Donald Trump landed in China aiming to secure the kind of blockbuster trade deals he championed nine years ago – spanning everything from soybeans to aircraft and energy.
9. How China and Russia could team up to shift global science ‘centre of gravity’
Cooperation between China and Russia on science and technology could help stop US isolation and allow the international science community to “return to normalcy” amid geopolitical tensions, according to experts in the US and Russia.
10. China and Russia warn US Golden Dome poses ‘clear threat’ to stability

The two countries accused the United States of posing “a clear threat to strategic stability” through its Golden Dome project in a joint statement issued after Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s summit on Wednesday.


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Xi-Putin meeting: everything you need to know from the talks in Beijing

Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin wave to a group of children at a welcome ceremony for the Russian leader in Beijing on May 20. Photo: Pool via AFP

The historic guest villas are situated within the tranquil Diaoyutai Scenic Area in the western suburbs of Beijing. Photo: Shutterstock

Russian President Vladimir Putin poses for a photo with then 12-year-old Peng Pai (centre) and members of Peng’s family in Beihai Park in Beijing on July 17, 2000. Photo: Baidu

China and Russia say the Golden Dome missile defence system initiated by US President Donald Trump would have “serious negative consequences for international security”. Photo: AP

Vodka, bullet train and boat rides: how Xi and Putin built up a personal rapport

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, pictured at last year’s Victory Day military parade in Moscow. Photo: EPA

Russian leader Vladimir Putin and President Xi Jinping travelling to Tianjin on a high-speed train in June 2018. Photo: CCTV

Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin making blini on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok in September 2018. Photo: Reuters

Xi-Trump summit: all you need to know from the final day of the meeting in Beijing

US President Donald Trump bids farewell to Chinese President Xi Jinping as he wraps up his state visit, in Beijing on Friday. Photo: Reuters

Lens Technology chairwoman Zhou Qunfei seated between Apple’s Tim Cook and Tesla’s Elon Musk at China’s state banquet hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday night. Photo: CCTV

Xi Jinping and Donald Trump take a walk through the garden at Zhongnanhai in Beijing on Friday. Photo: AP

US President Donald Trump has made only a handful of social media posts in the past three days. Photo: AFP

Billionaire Elon Musk gestures after attending a welcome ceremony for US President Donald Trump with President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

Unbeatable China? Beijing a global focal point as Russia pins hopes on Putin-Xi summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China on Tuesday and Wednesday, arriving just days after US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP

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From Putin’s ‘second home’ to his reunion with a Chinese engineer, here’s all you need to know from the Beijing meeting


From Putin’s ‘second home’ to his reunion with a Chinese engineer, here’s all you need to know from the Beijing meeting.


Xi-Putin meeting: everything you need to know from the talks in Beijing

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From Putin’s ‘second home’ to his reunion with a Chinese engineer, here’s all you need to know from the Beijing meeting

1. Xi and Putin’s united front – from tigers to trade: the summit takeaways

2. Xi-Putin summit live: jabs at Golden Dome, possible US-Russia meet in Shenzhen

From Putin’s ‘second home’ to his reunion with a Chinese engineer, here’s all you need to know from the Beijing meeting