This episode looks at why what China does for the next five years matters, especially at this point in time when the specter of the US is provoking it and drawing it into a war over a host of issues stands tall.

Presidents of Russia and China have called for re-shaping the international system at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for regional countries to reshape the international order while speaking at the SCO summit in Uzbekistan, which has been touted as a challenge to Western global influence. 

China is willing to cooperate with Russia, President Xi Jinping has said.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has defended her controversial trip to Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), and accused Chinese President Xi Jinping of acting "like a scared bully.”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia fully supports the One China policy toward Taiwan.

During his visit to Hong Kong on Thursday to mark 25 years since its handover to Beijing, Chinese president Xi Jinping hailed the city for having “risen from the ashes” and staunchly backed its governing arrangement.

China's president has said Hong Kong had been “reborn of fire” as he visits the city to mark the 25th anniversary of the former British colony’s return to Beijing’s rule.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday reaffirmed his country's support for Russia’s "sovereignty and security" amid tensions between Moscow and the West over the war in Ukraine.

The two sides equally expressed commitment to broadening the space for positive engagement.