Putin, Xi Adopt Joint Statement on Deepening Russia-China Ties
by Sputnik [5-20-2026]. Russia-China Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation has laid the long-term foundation for modern relations, according to a joint statement by Russia and China. A joint statement by Russia and China on further strengthening comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation in deepening good-neighborly, friendly and cooperative ties has been published on the Kremlin’s…
China’s New AI Model Highlights Unique Ecosystem Built on Tech Sharing to Tackle Global Challenges
by Sputnik [5-19-2026]. In Beijing, an AI scientific agent has already identified more than 11 previously unknown particle decay modes – discoveries that would traditionally require research teams to spend years filtering through enormous volumes of high-background noise data. In the field of space science, another AI scientific agent in the same system has achieved…
Iran’s new leadership agrees on no nuclear weapons — senior Russian diplomat
by TASS [5-19-2026]. MOSCOW, May 20. /TASS/. Iran’s new leadership, like its predecessors, remains committed to the obligation not to possess nuclear weapons, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said in an interview with TASS. “No one is arguing that the Islamic Republic of Iran should have nuclear weapons. This has always been accepted by…
Defying Western pressure: Russia and China deepen economic partnership
by RT [5-20-2026]. Moscow and Beijing have expanded cooperation across trade, energy, finance, and infrastructure. Russia and China have built an expansive economic partnership while deepening coordination within BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the G20 and the UN Security Council. Both governments say their growing network of bilateral projects and multilateral cooperation is aimed at…
Power of Siberia deal: What is the key energy link between Russia and China?
by RT [9-2-2025, updated 5-20-2026]. Russia is redirecting energy flows that have run to the West for fifty years. The EU’s cheap-gas lifeline is being diverted to Beijing instead. Last September, Russia, China and Mongolia rerouted half a century of energy history eastward. The three countries signed a legally binding memorandum for the Power of…
Key takeaways from the joint statement by Russia and China
by Eurasia & Multipolarity [5-20-2026]. Moscow and Beijing ◾️warned against a return to the “law of the jungle” in global affairs ◾️stated that there are no “first-class” countries or nations and that hegemony in any form is unacceptable ◾️opposed forcing sovereign states to abandon neutrality ◾️stated that all sovereign states have an equal right to…
End of US dominance: China & Russia push for a polycentric world
by Grandmasters of Geopolitics [5-20-2026]. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin used their latest summit in Beijing to champion a new global order aimed at reducing US influence and accelerating a “polycentric” world built around multiple centres of power. China has rolled out the red carpet for Putin’s 25th visit, underscoring a…
Pepe Escobar: Trump pays tribute to the Temple of Heaven
by Pepe Escobar [5-15-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio). If all of us are magnanimous enough, we might infer that Xi and Trump agreed on a three-year stability framework. SHANGHAI – The headline on the front page of China Daily this past Thursday was a thunder and lightning “Red-carpet welcome for Trump in Beijing”. Well, complete with electric…
Pepe Escobar, Danny Haiphong: Trump in PANIC! Iran & China just WIPED OUT His WW3 Strategy
by Danny Haiphong [5-16-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio). (RAD: This 1hr discussion is filled with insights about how real diplomacy is conducted & the various implications. China, Russia, Iran, N. Korea are all working together, yet Trump doesn’t comprehend & appreciate what is happening. Pepe consistently explains how to interpret the various dynamics among the US &…
Alex Krainer: Racing toward “Absolute Zero” Carbon Emissions
by Alex Krainer [5-13-2026]. (RAD: I’ve listened to quite a few interviews with Alex Krainer & know that he is a deep thinker who understands the reality of many of the geopolitical issues facing the world today. So when I saw his name attached to this article, I knew that I had to read it.…
Trump in Beijing: China Proposed a Framework for a Truce, Washington Remains Uncertain
by From Russia with Love [5-16-2026]. The main takeaway from the Beijing summit is that Donald Trump and Xi Jinping spent nearly nine hours behind closed doors-a rare feat even by the standards of “grand diplomacy.” But the more details emerge, the clearer it becomes: China tried to impose a framework for a strategic “truce”…
Richard Wolff, Glenn Diesen: The Iran war is destroying the foundation of the US empire
by Glenn Diesen [5-15-2026]. (RAD: This is a very important discussion that you don’t want to miss. Trump’s trip to China is discussed, with special emphasis on the Thucydides’s Trap. This is a very important dynamic relating to the fact that the US empire is in decline & the Chinese empire is assending. China understands…