Xi Jinping has secured an unprecedented third term as China's president after the country's parliament voted unanimously to make him the longest-serving leader since founding father Mao Zedong.

Chinese President Xi Jinping strongly rebukes the US in a speech at an annual summit of the ruling Communist Party, saying Washington is leading a “containment, encirclement and suppression of China”.

Iran offers some $40bn worth of investment projects in its petroleum sector to China.

The visit comes amid rapid geopolitical shifts in the wake of the Ukraine war and the end of the unipolar world order.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi will pay an official visit to Beijing from February 14 to 16 at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart, China's Foreign Ministry announced.

The US president has said China's head of state has "enormous problems."

A four-star US Air Force general has warned of a possible military conflict with China over Taiwan as early as 2025.

Moscow says both Russia and China understand the urgent necessity of bilateral strategic interactions in the current conditions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that Moscow is keen to ramp up its military cooperation with Beijing as part of joint efforts to counter Western interventions in the region.

To that end, the two countries would establish a direct line of communication between foreign ministries.