The 'bumper' 40 per cent increase followed a number of sweeping reforms intended to transform the 'bloated People’s Liberation Army (PLA), into a more modern, nimble fighting force'.

A letter from Xi to Schultz reported Friday by the official Xinhua News Agency was a rare direct communication from China's paramount leader to a foreign business figure.

In his latest order to the military, Jinping has asked the Chinese military to train its officers and soldiers in realistic combat scenarios and conduct more emergency-response drills

It will go through the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, one of the world's most geologically active areas.

China will actively consider providing vaccines to BRICS countries, the Chinese President had said

In his speech at the BRICS summit, the Chinese President also urged the global community to uphold multilateralism

The BRICS summit is taking place at a time two of the bloc's members, India and China, are locked in a bitter border standoff in eastern Ladakh for over six months

Chinese President Xi Jinping is also expected to take part in the summit.

Women hold half of the sky: China on victory of Harris as the first woman Vice President-elect.

Both India and Vietnam, who co-chaired the meeting, have problems with China. A Free Trade pact is the elephant in the room