Category: Xi Jinping

LIVE 6 PM ET: NTD Evening News (March 20): Surprise Witness Testifies in Trump Case; China’s Xi Stresses Close Ties With ‘Dear Friend’ Putin

Attorney Robert Costello gave unexpected testimony on Mar. 20 in the New York hush money investigation of former President Donald Trump. Costello is a former legal adviser to Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer. His testimony before a Manhattan grand jury is expected to discredit testimony given by Cohen. This comes after Trump stated on social…


NTD Evening News (March 20): Surprise Witness Testifies in Trump Case; China’s Xi Stresses Close Ties With ‘Dear Friend’ Putin

Attorney Robert Costello gave unexpected testimony on March 20 in the New York hush money investigation of former President Donald Trump. Costello is a former legal adviser to Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer. His testimony before a Manhattan grand jury is expected to discredit testimony given by Cohen. This comes after Trump stated on social…


China’s Xi Providing ‘Diplomatic Cover’ for Russia With Moscow Meeting: Blinken

WASHINGTON—By visiting Moscow to boost ties with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is demonstrating to the world his disregard for the “atrocities committed in Ukraine” and providing the isolated Russian leader with “diplomatic cover,” according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Blinken made the remarks at a press conference on March 20 as…


Russia’s Putin, China’s Xi Trade Greetings, Praise at Kremlin Meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin met China’s leader Xi Jinping at the Kremlin on March 20, where they voiced their mutual admiration and praised their nations’ close relations. Xi arrived in Moscow earlier the same day for a landmark state visit, which is slated to last until March 22. Putin began the meeting by welcoming Xi…


China’s Xi Arrives in Moscow for 3-day Visit, Echoes Russian Calls for ‘Multipolarity’

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on Mar. 20 for a three-day state visit to Russia during which he is slated to hold landmark talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Upon his arrival, Xi told reporters that Moscow and Beijing sought to act in tandem to “uphold the UN-centric international system” and…


As China’s Xi Arrives in Moscow, Experts Say Peace Efforts a Smokescreen

Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping arrived at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on March 20 for a three-day state visit to Russia during which he is slated to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The meeting comes as Russia slowly makes advances in its monthslong operation to capture the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut. The…


CCP’s Suppression of Religion Mirrors Cultural Revolution: Former US Freedom Ambassador

The suppression of religion in China under the rule of Xi Jinping mirrors that of the Cultural Revolution, according to Sam Brownback, former U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. The Cultural Revolution took place in China from 1966 to 1976. Mao Zedong declared a class war and a war on everything traditional, bringing…


Chinese Stocks React Negatively to Xi Jinping’s Third Term

News Analysis On the eve of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) rubber stamp conferences that kicked off on March 3, Chinese A-shares instantly surged, fell in successive days, then hit a one-month low on March 10, the day Xi Jinping was announced as leader of communist China for a third term. On March 10, Shanghai…


Xi Jinping to Meet Vladimir Putin In Moscow Next Week

Chinese and Russian officials have announced that Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit Moscow next week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in an apparent show of support amid the conflict in Ukraine and as East-West tensions sharpen. The Kremlin said in a statement that Xi’s visit would strengthen strategic cooperation between the two countries…


We’ve Been Warned of War

Commentary We have been warned that the region could be at war in the coming years. It was not the Australian prime minister who uttered the words. Nor was it the defence minister or the Chief of the Defence Forces. Nor was it the president of the United States. Ominously, the warnings have come from…