{"id":6790,"date":"2026-05-20T02:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T20:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6790"},"modified":"2026-05-20T02:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T20:38:33","slug":"russian-president-vladimir-putin-arrived-in-beijing-for-a-two-day-state-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6790","title":{"rendered":"Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing for a two-day State Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Beijing, May 19, 2026 &#8211; Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a two-day state visit to China, where he is expected to hold high-level talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The visit comes just days after former U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s trip to China, drawing global attention to the growing strategic partnership between Moscow and Beijing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">During the visit, Putin and Xi are expected to discuss bilateral trade, energy cooperation, regional security, and international issues including the Ukraine conflict and relations with the West. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Reports suggest that major energy projects, including the proposed Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline, may also be on the agenda. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Ahead of the talks, Putin described Russia-China relations as a \u201cstabilising force\u201d in global affairs, highlighting deepening economic and diplomatic ties between the two countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"> Analysts say the meeting reflects both nations\u2019 efforts to strengthen cooperation amid continuing geopolitical tensions with Western powers.\u00a0<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_260519_163635_985.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beijing, May 19, 2026 &#8211; Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a two-day state visit to China, where he is expected to hold high-level talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The visit comes just days after former U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s trip to China, drawing global attention to the growing strategic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c894beab-c02f-4730-a704-b58910ccb196_4eb27f7e.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6792,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6790\/revisions\/6792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}