If Xi Jinping is becoming more preoccupied with internal politics, it could lead to a period of relative calm in China’s relations with the United States.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the BRICS Summit, July 6, 2025. Credit: Isabela Castilho/BRICS Brasil via Flickr
Since the inception of the BRICS grouping over a decade ago, Xi Jinping has attended every leaders’ summit that has been held in person. This year, he missed the meeting in Rio, with Premier Li Qiang attending in his stead last weekend.
Heads of delegation at the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, October 23, 2024. Credit: Sergey Bobylev
To be sure, the world is a much more dangerous place today than at the inception of BRICS [Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa]. Major conf
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