Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on Sept. 15. The pair are to meet for the first time since on Monday when Xi is to travel to Moscow. File Photo by Kremlin Pool/UPI | L»»»

MOSCOW — Just days after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for his arrest, Russian President Vladimir Putin received China's leader Xi Jinping in what Beijing has called a "journey of friendship" aimed at “playing a constructive role in promoting peace talks” over the war in U»»»

— For Chinese leader Xi Jinping, his high-profile state visit to Russia and meeting with President Vladimir Putin this week is a timely opportunity to showcase China’s growing diplomatic clout on the world stage and its ambition to challenge the US-led global order. But in many Western capitals the»»»