The US president’s snub of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy points to a break with Europe and NATO’s unified stance on Russia, and the outsized influence of Vice President J.D. Vance

Washington pushes to strengthen language around Beijing while watering down wording on Moscow in a draft statement prepared by Canada.

China’s top diplomat didn’t name the United States directly when warning against the return of the “law of the jungle” at a news conference in Beijing, but his meaning was crystal clear.

A recent report in the Wall Street Journal suggests that Chinese President Xi Jinping is concerned that the growing trade tensions with the U.S. might lead to China’s isolation, akin to the Soviet Union’s during the Cold War.

US attempts to sow discord between China and Russia were "doomed to fail", Beijing said on Thursday, after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to outline Washington's strategy to dilute ties between the two nuclear-powered neighbours.

President Donald Trump’s rapprochement with Russia has some experts suggesting he might be trying to do a “reverse Nixon” and isolate Beijing by courting Moscow.

Trump’s treatment of Ukraine raises broader concerns about his foreign policy. He has labeled Zelenskyy an “unelected dictator,” dismissed Ukraine’s role in peace negotiations, and suggested that the country must cede 20% of its territory to Russia. He has even proposed extracting Ukraine’s mineral wealth as reparations.

"China is very careful. They're very cautious," Oleksandr Merezhko, head of Ukraine's Foreign Affairs Committee, told Newsweek.

Putin on Monday, part of a pointed mutual affirmation of allegiance between Beijing and Moscow as President Trump has turned toward the Kremlin. The warm words attributed to Xi Jinping in Chinese state media were clearly intended to dampen speculation that ...

In seeking an accord with U.S., Beijing wants to avoid becoming isolated like the Soviet Union during the Cold War.