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Sunday, April 28, 2024
TopicChinese President Xi Jinping

Topic: Chinese President Xi Jinping

Chinese authorities remove rare protest banners calling for Xi’s ouster, end to Covid policies

This comes days before a twice-in-a-decade Communist Party congress. The banners had cropped in Beijing's northwestern Haidian district, home to several prestigious universities.

Ahead of China’s Communist Party leadership reshuffle, some potential outcomes to look out for

The party will reshuffle its leadership when it holds a once-in-five-years Congress starting 16 October, with Xi Jinping expected to stay for a third term as general secretary.

How Xi juggled wolf-warrior diplomacy & nationalism to ‘send message’ on Pelosi’s Taiwan trip

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi says her visit is intended to support Taiwan’s democracy and does not alter the 'one-China' policy that the US abides by.

‘Blacklisted’ — Family fights to meet China democracy activist in jail for 20 years

Wang Bingzhang, convicted on charges of terrorism in a closed trial, has been living in solitary confinement for the past two decades without access to the internet or a telephone.

Why some Americans may not celebrate this 4th of July & Xi Jinping’s ‘takeaways’ from Hong Kong

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Hong Kong’s future as financial center in jeopardy after Xi Jinping tightens restrictions

Situation looks dire with the annual economic growth forecast decreased, mainland's rigid Covid policies affects the city's competitive edge.

What the Chinese govt, media told people on two years of Galwan

In its version of the clash, a Chinese military channel ran a clip from a documentary featuring Chen Xiangrong, one of the four PLA soldiers who died in Galwan.

Beijing’s 25 fighter jets, upcoming airfields — India-China border row is far from over

At the Shangri-La dialogue, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin accused China of carrying out 'provocative and destabilising military activity near Taiwan'.

Xi missing from front pages of CCP’s People’s Daily, experts reading between the lines

No one is arguing against the growing evidence for Li Keqiang’s increased media mentions. But there is no evidence that Li has CCP’s support to challenge Xi.

China’s Global Security Initiative — what it is, what Xi hopes to gain & what it means for India

President Xi’s proposal for ‘Global Security Initiative’, laid out by Vice Foreign Minister last week, comes while China faces criticism for ‘aligning with Russia’ on Ukraine war.

On Camera

Instagram reels on stoicism are the new rage — they can battle burnout and bigotry

The Romans’ version of stoicism is rapidly picking popularity on Instagram — Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca are some names that get thrown at you when you fire up your screen.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.