Major powers should take the lead in respecting the development path of other nations, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday, in a veiled swipe at the United States for raiding Venezuela and capturing its president,

Mark Carney is flying to China next week to sit down with President Xi Jinping to get trade talks going again and try to pull Canada out of the economic pressure cooker Trump created. This will be the first time in nearly 10 years that a Canadian prime minister has landed in China.

Xi Jinping has lauded his country’s rising “national power” as he trumpeted the country’s economic growth, scientific breakthroughs and expanding soft power in a New Year’s Eve address to the nation.

South Korean president Lee Jae Myung laughed and posed for selfies with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday as the pair began what he described as a “new phase” in relations during his four-day visit to Beijing.

As China’s technological and military power continues to grow, the central issue is whether Beijing can accommodate a stable coexistence with India as an autonomous Asian power.

Venezuela gained access to foreign capital and China secured the energy it needed to sustain economic growth. There were secondary benefits for China as well. Chinese investment helped Hugo Chavez’s anti-Americanism,

China has maintained close relations with Venezuela and has backed the Maduro government amid mounting pressure from the US.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on major powers to take a lead in "respecting the development path of other nations" in a veiled dig at the United States's sudden power grab in Venezuela and abduction of its president,