Xi and Lula lift China-Brazil ties to ‘Shared Future’ in state visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Brazilian peer Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday they had raised the status of their countries’ global strategic partnership during a state visit on a regional tour showing Beijing’s growing diplomatic clout.

Xi and Lula both said the China-Brazil relationship had become a “Community with a Shared Future for a More Just World and Sustainable Planet,” expanding a key slogan from the Chinese president in a news conference at the presidential residence.