Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Russian capital on Monday, kicking off his ninth visit to the country in ten years. The trip began with all the grandeur one might expect of a state visit by such an important guest, including a large ceremonial cortege driving Xi to his talks with President Putin in the Kremlin.
Yiwu, a city in China's Zhejiang province, produces more than half the world's Christmas ornaments purchased by the billions of people who celebrate the holiday. China's "zero-COVID" policy, coupled with global pandemic fears, dulled the local export-fueled year-round glitterfest. Christmas orders fell by 50% in 2020, according to the official Global Times with raw material…
The Chinese opposition website Abolouwang.com published on September 10, 2022, an article stating that Chinese President Xi Jinping had, in advance of the 20th CCP National Congress that is scheduled to take place on October 16, suddenly appointed Wang Qiang as the new commander of the Northern Theater Command.