Xi Jinping

In a clip recorded by the media pool at the now-concluded G20 summit in Bali, a visibly frustrated Xi pulls the Canadian Prime Minister aside and says it was "not appropriate" for details about a previous conversation between the two leaders to have been shared with media, suggesting Trudeau lacked "sincerity" in his approach, the Guarian reported.

In a video uploaded on social media, both PM Modi and President Xi could be seen smiling and shaking hands and later the Prime Minister is also seen interacting with Blinken during the dinner. The Prime Minister is in Indonesia to attend the G20 summit, where earlier in the day, he called for creating a new world order during his address.

Biden and Xi held their first in-person meeting as Presidents on the sidelines of the G20 meetings in Bali, Indonesia. And it came at a time of a historic low in the relationship over China's position on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, which was cited by Beijing to shut down military-to-military and other lines of communication.

The meeting took place in Bali, a day before the G-20 summit is due to kick off. It was the first physical meeting between Biden and Xi since the former took charge as US President. Xi spoke about charting a "flight course" for the relationship between the two superpowers, which is important not only for the two countries, but also for the whole world.

It is a known fact that Chinese investments in Pakistan have been provided with assurances by the government and secured by the Pakistani armed forces. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif concluded his maiden visit to China at a time when 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China also successfully concluded.

The meeting in Bali on the sidelines of the G20 summit will be the first between the two leaders since Biden took office in January 2021, according to the White House. When asked at the press briefing if he was committed to defending Taiwan militarily and willing to make any concessions, Biden said: "I'm not willing to make any fundamental concessions."

Joe Biden also hopes to have "honest" conversations about China's policies regarding Taiwan, human rights issues and some of its trade and economic practices. This will be their first in-person meeting as Presidents of their respective countries. They first met as Vice President in 2011 and have spoken five times since Biden took office as President.

The $13 billion package is equal to 38 per cent of the estimated gross external financing requirements of Pakistan for fiscal year 2022-23, The Express Tribune reported. Its materialisation can eliminate the threat of default, as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has not come up with a big financial package despite imposing numerous harsh conditions.

In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Sharif said that they also "agreed to increase multilateral cooperation between China and Pakistan, including CPEC, and further strengthen the strategic partnership". The Pakistani leader also posted images of the meeting. Sharif landed in Beijing on Tuesday night on a two-day official visit -- the first since he took office in April this year.

Xi's regime, which is already engaged in a programme of mass incarceration of Uyghurs and mass surveillance and police controls in Xinjiang and Tibet, will continue to pose a grave threat to minority groups, exiled Uyghur rights activist and businesswoman Rebiya Kadeer told a recent forum in Taiwan, RFA reported.