BELGRADE, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Serbia last week has upgraded bilateral ties with profound implications for Serbia's economy, infrastructure and international standing, Serbian media have said. Politika, Serbia's oldest daily, characterized Xi's visit as the commencement of a new era in bilateral relations.
PARIS, May 14 (Xinhua) -- French officials and experts said that the state visit to France by Chinese President Xi Jinping last week was a boost to the development of bilateral relations. "On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between our two countries, President Xi Jinping chose France as the first stop" on this trip to Europe, said Eric Alauzet, president of the France-China Friendship Group of the French National Assembly in a blog post.
President Xi Jinping and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic jointly meet the press after their talks in Belgrade, Serbia, on May 8, 2024. (Photo/Xinhua) Eight years after his initial visit to Serbia, during which he left a heartwarming impression at the Smederevo Steelworks, Chinese President Xi Jinping recently returned to the country that the Chinese people affectionately call an "ironclad friend.
GENEVA, May 13 (Xinhua) -- "I went to China this time with a special thing: a passport without any visa on it," exclaimed Lucas Deckers, a Belgian in his 20s, on the Chinese video-sharing platform Douyin, with a picture showing him waving his burgundy travel document. Since earlier this year, China has implemented a visa-free policy that exempts many European ordinary passport holders from the time-consuming and costly obligation, encouraging travelers from nearly a dozen European countries to explore this Asian country.
