A “Beidouxing X5” rolls off the assembly line in Changhe Automobile Co. in east China’s Jiangxi Province. But investors are worried that Chinese exports have fallen to their lowest level in seven months [Xinhua]
China’s GDP has grown at an annualized rate of 6.7 per cent in the third quarter, government statistics showed today.
This is the third consecutive quarter that China meets its target of 6.5 to 7 per cent GDP growth this year.
The Syrian crisis has widened the gap between Moscow and Washington [Xinhua]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told local media that military experts from his country will meet with their US counterparts in Geneva to work out how to separate Syrian rebels – deemed legitimate – from terrorist groups such as Al Nusra Front.
The meeting on Wednesday has been a key Russian demand since a ceasefire was brokered – and then collapsed – in early September.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia [Xinhua]
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Asian countries as part of his participation at the 8th BRICS Summit in Goa has enhanced cooperation among emerging economies.
The spacecraft will dock with orbiting space lab Tiangong-2 within two days, and the astronauts will stay in the space lab for 30 days [Xinhua]
China has launched a two-man space mission called Shenzhou 11, officials with the space program said on Monday.
This brings the country closer to its target of setting up a permanent manned space station by 2022.
The Shenzhou 11 took off on a Long March rocket at 7:30 am (2330 GMT) from the Jiuquan launch site in the Gobi desert,
South African President Jacob Zuma, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Brazilian President Michel Temer at the BRICS Summit in Goa, India on 16 October 2016 [Image: BRICS2016]The New development bank set up by the BRICS will lend $2.5 billion in 2017, the President of the new lender told the leaders of the bloc who had gathered in the Indian state of Goa for the annual summit during the weekend.
Modi praised the summit and called for “enhanced people-to-people exchanges and cooperation within the BRICS” [Xinhua]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised the 8th BRICS Summit in Goa for its success in the face of turbulent economic and geopolitical turbulence around the world.
The Declaration strongly condemned the recent attacks “against some BRICS countries, including that in India”.[Xinhua]
The 8th BRICS Summit in Goa, India is about to conclude.
The five members of the influential bloc have issued a 109-point communique known as the Goa Declaration.
Below are excerpts:
The Goa Declaration acknowledges that the five BRICS nations facing increasing emerging challenges to global peace and security which hinder sustainable development.
China and South Africa have maintained strong trade and political ties for decades [Xinhua][Xinhua]
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma met Saturday on the sidelines of the 8th BRICS Summit in Goa, India and pledged to work within the bloc to boost bilateral cooperation between their two countries.
Xi said he was happy with the pace of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries but also added that he would work with Zuma to enhance their relationship.
From left to right: South African President Jacob Zuma, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Brazilian President Michel Temer [Image: BRICS2016]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a bilateral summit in Goa, India on 15 October 2016 [PPIO]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in the western Indian state of Goa on Saturday.
Several deals were announced following the talks.
The two countries will set up a joint venture to build helicopters in India, which will also buy surface-to-air missile systems
