The announcement comes less than 24 hours after President Trump finished his own state visit to China, where he met Xi to discuss trade and the US and Israel’s war in Iran.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing next week, the Kremlin says. It comes just days after President Trump's high-profile Beijing summit.

Donald Trump has cast doubt on a $14 billion weapons package for Taiwan after talks with Xi Jinping in Beijing, raising urgent questions about US commitment to the island and whether the two superpowers can avoid the so-called Thucydides Trap.

Putin's trip follows shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing.

“There’s a Chinese saying: ‘No mountain is big enough for two tigers,’” said John Quelch, executive vice chancellor at Duke Kunshan University in a written exchange. “Global peace and prosperity depend on the two leaders working hard to prove that adage wrong.”

The highly anticipated summit in Beijing showcased how China today is more willing than ever to directly challenge the United States.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Beijing for discussions with Chinese leader Xi Jinping next week, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship.

Trump heaped praise on Xi again and said both leaders feel very similar about the Iran war and “want it to end.”