Instead, the Chinese leader will co-chair the China-Africa Leaders’ Dialogue with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa on the sidelines of the BRICS summit, China’s Foreign Ministry said.

China 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 ...

Speaking at a news conference ahead of the summit last week, China’s envoy in South Africa said more and more countries hoped to join BRICS to “safeguard their legitimate interests.” ...

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 summit was the largest the BRICS have ever held, with more than 60 countries attending alongside member nations Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

A Goldman Sachs economist came up with the acronym BRICs for Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2001 to describe emerging economies that might challenge the West. The four held their first summit ...

BRICS — which stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — was an idea thought up by Goldman Sachs analysts to describe the growing economic hegemony of China and other emerging ...

Russia and China will look to gain more political and economic ground in the developing world at a summit of the BRICS bloc in South Africa this week. (How Hwee Young/Pool Photo via AP, File) ...

Leaders from Brazil, China, South Africa, India and Russia at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg in 2023. Phill Magakoe/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ...

Brics, an acronym formed from the original members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, has since added Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates to the group.