Analysts say the rare same-day calls on Wednesday (Feb 4) were a calculated move by Beijing to assert its centrality and maximise leverage as great-power politics hardens.

Chinese President Xi Jinping held separate talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, a rare same-day round of diplomacy. CGTN published an article analyzing the priorities of the two high-level exchanges,

Earlier on Wednesday, the Kremlin press service said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping had held talks via video link. According to Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the sides discussed bilateral relations and "key international issues".

The call comes at a time of intense political coordination between both countries. Vladimir Putin once again presented the relationship with China as one of the pillars of stability for the Kremlin in an increasingly volatile world.

Chinese President Xi Jinping held rare back-to-back calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, signalling Beijing’s strategic positioning amid global tensions, Ukraine war negotiations,

China's leader Xi Jinping held back-to-back calls with Russia's Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump this week, timing analysts said was rare and significant as Beijing positions itself as a stable global power.

Putin, Xi tout countries' relations in call. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping praised ties between their countries as "exemplary" in their f