Brics can only provide credible leadership in a changing global order when it addresses its many inner contradictions.

In over a decade in office, Xi never once missed a BRICS summit. Officially, Chinese officials informed Brazil that Xi had a ...

For Xi Jinping, the main challenge lies within China itself. His absence from BRICS may reflect a deeper issue—his weakening ...

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In the absence of Putin and Xi, the summit was dominated by Brazil’s Lula and India’s Modi, the leaders of the two largest BRICS democracies – and the least interested in turning the grouping into an ...

Xi Jinping’s surprise no-show at BRICS Summit fuels speculation about China's global standing The first-ever absence by Xi from the key emerging economies gathering raises questions about China ...

Whether it’s illness, pressing preoccupation or sidelining by his own system, one thing is clear: China may be entering a ...

BRICS leaders will meet in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday, with the bloc depleted by the absence of China’s Xi Jinping, who is ...

At the BRICS summit, China’s Premier Li Qiang called for global governance reforms and peaceful cooperation, unveiling ...

Chinese President missing from BRICS for the first time in 12 years has paved way to the speculations about his successor.

Xi’s absence from the two-day summit in Rio de Janeiro comes at a critical moment for BRICS, which owes its acronym to early members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and since 2024 ...

The Brics summit began on Sunday, marked by the conspicuous absence of the leader of its largest partner, China. Further ...