The agreement was an acknowledgment of the significance of their trade for mutual economic development and the health of the global economy, the joint statement says.

“China will work with Malaysia… to combat the undercurrents of geopolitical and camp-based confrontation,” wrote Xi.

The discussions in the Communist Party of China’s 20th National Congress reflected recent achievements and challenges for the coming period

Xi will be the head of the seven-member standing committee of the political bureau of the CPC’s Central Committee, which has vowed to work for building a prosperous and strong socialist China by the middle of the century

Vijay Prashad talks about the speech by Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the UN General Assembly and the recent meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand

During his inaugural address, Chinese President Xi Jingping denounced Western countries’ policy of using their economic power as a weapon against the rest of the world and called for greater south-south cooperation in the field of technology and collective economic development