"DeepSeek complements, rather than competes against, existing AI leaders like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind," the Chinese embassy said.

Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, has held talks in Beijing with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Russia's Interfax news agency reported on Friday. It cited Shoigu, Russia's former defence minister,

China pushed back against recent remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, declaring that Washington could never "sow discord" in its ties with Moscow. Newsweek reached out to the White House and the Russian Foreign Ministry via email for comment.

China’s sputtering economy has seen green shoots of recovery after aggressive stimulus late last year but markets will be closely watching the annual National People’s Congress meeting for signs of what Beijing is planning.

Analysts say China is making overtures while diplomatic tensions have risen between Bangladesh and India on a range of issues. This includes ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina living in exile in India.

The service area spans key regions within the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, including high-speed railway stations. GXR is also approved for commercial operations on highways, including routes to and from Beijing Daxing International Airport.

Unlike Nixon and Kissinger’s gambit in the 1970s, the strategy threatens to divide the West.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is set to close its Beijing office, as major U.S. law firms continue to scale back in the Chinese legal market.

China has accused the Trump administration of “serious regression” in its position on Taiwan, after the State Department removed a line from its website stating that the US does not support Taiwan independence.

DeepSeek’s rise came as a timely confidence boost as the Chinese leadership faces a prolonged economic gloom and a brewing trade war with U.S.

China-Russia relations have a ‘strong driving force’, foreign ministry asserts, while analyst sees ‘no reason’ for Moscow to pull away.