The three leaders meet publicly for the first time as laser weapons and nuclear ballistic missiles are paraded through Beijing.

China will mark Japan’s defeat in World War II with a parade of missiles, soldiers and leaders like Kim Jong-un of North Korea and Vladimir Putin of Russia.

President Trump weighed in on China's military parade and the presence of leaders from Russia, North Korea and Iran. "I thought it was a beautiful ceremony. I thought it was very, very impressive, but I understood the reason they were doing it,

China on Friday placed initial anti-dumping duties of up to 62.4% on pork imports worth over $2 billion from the European Union, deepening trade tensions that spiked when the bloc imposed tariffs on China-made electric vehicles.

The probe , launched in July last year, was seen as retaliation for the EU’s antisubsidy duties on Chinese electric vehicles.

Images this week of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping seemed to confirm what many experts have already concluded - the U.

US President Donald Trump sees Russia and India turning more strongly towards China – and hints he is not happy about it. "Looks like we've lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China," he wrote on his Truth Social platform on Friday.