Topic: Chinese President Xi Jinping

US President tells Republican senators about his meeting with China's Xi Jinping last month. 'JD (Vance) doesn't behave like that. He butts into conversations,' Trump quips.

The central theme emerging from Chinese online discourse is that while Trump may now acknowledge China’s strength and treat it as an equal, this recognition is driven more by fear and strategic anxiety than by genuine intent for collaboration.

The thaw in US-China trade ties, especially over critical minerals and magnets, is likely to benefit other countries including India, caught in the middle of a trade war.

Anti-corruption probes into PLA officials accelerated since 2023. From purging rocket force officials earlier, now Central Military Commission vice-chairman general Weidong has been fired.

Both India and the US should realise that whether it is trade or security, strategy or diplomacy, relationships cannot be one-sided.

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

Over 25 foreign leaders attended a massive military parade in Beijing Wednesday, as President Xi Jinping seeks to cast China as custodian of a post-U.S. international order

China’s parade, marking 80 years since Japan’s WWII defeat, is largely shunned by Western leaders, with Putin and Kim—pariahs in the West—attending as guests of honour.

Global media interprets the display of unity at SCO Summit as a message to Washington—’its policies will result in other countries looking for alternatives to meet their interests’.

Xi's diplomatic clout with a group of authoritarian regimes dubbed the 'Axis of Upheaval' by some western analysts, comes at a time Trump's isolationist policies strain US alliances.