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Absence with Significance: Why Xi Jinping Is Skipping BRICS for the First Time, and What’s at Stake

  • Chinese President Xi Jinping decided to skip the 17th BRICS summit held from July 5 to 8, 2025, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • This is the first time Xi has missed the summit during his 12-year tenure, amid China’s ongoing domestic challenges and without a public explanation.
  • China will be represented at the summit by Premier Li Qiang, as the BRICS group expands to include new member states and partner countries.
  • China accounts for around 60% of BRICS' nominal GDP, and Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning described BRICS as a key platform for emerging markets' cooperation.
  • Xi’s absence shifts summit focus to other leaders like India’s Modi and may delay high-level China-India talks until the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit planned later this year in China.
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In an unprecedented fact, China's President Xi Jinping will not travel to the BRICS summit that will...

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The president will not be at the meeting to be held in Rio de Janeiro on July 6 and 7. Neither will Russian Vladimir Putin go.

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The president of China, Xi Jinping, will not attend the XVII summit of leaders of the BRICS, an unprecedented milestone since he came to power, Europa Press reported.The president will not attend the meeting that will start in Brazil this weekend, according to the government of the Asian giant.The Chinese Foreign Ministry has announced in a statement that, in place of Xi, he will travel to the summit of Rio de Janeiro the Prime Minister, Li Qian…

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Hoover Institution broke the news in on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
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