CHINESE Premier Li Qiang has described China and Solomon Islands as comprehensive strategic partners based on mutual respect and a common development agenda for a new era. Premier Li uttered this when congratulating the MP for Kia-Hograno-Havulei following his election as Prime Minister on May 2.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping gave Vladimir Putin a red-carpet welcome in Beijing, and the pair extolled their relationship. But analysts say it’s most transactional.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China on Thursday for talks with Xi Jinping that the Kremlin hopes will deepen a strategic partnership between the two most powerful geopolitical rivals of the United States.

China's leader is facing growing pressure over his support for Russia's isolated president.

By Bernard Orr and Guy Faulconbridge BEIJING/MOSCOW (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned what they cast as increasingly aggressive U.S. behaviour on Thursday and pledged to deepen their countries' already close defence and military ties.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday in a show of growing solidarity between their two countries amid their growing tensions with the United States.

By Bernard Orr and Guy Faulconbridge BEIJING/MOSCOW (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to work with counterpart Vladimir Putin to "rejuvenate" their countries as the pair started a day of talks in Beijing,