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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
TopicPresident Xi Jinping

Topic: President Xi Jinping

US, China to open talks on tariff truce extension, paving way for Trump-Xi summit

China faces a 12 Aug deadline to seal a lasting tariff deal with Trump, after earlier pacts in May and June paused weeks of tit-for-tat tariffs and a rare earths export threat.

In telephone call, Putin and Xi condemn Israeli strikes on Iran, discuss G7 Summit flaws

In telephone call, Putin and Xi condemn Israeli strikes on Iran, discuss G7 Summit flaws

Chinese admiral sacked as Xi’s purge of military brass continues, another CMC top dog still missing

Xi's anti-graft drive amongst PLA echelons continues, with Admiral Miao Hua facing potentially more severe charges than corruption.

Is Xi’s system failing? There is a leadership vacuum in China’s PLA

The sudden removal of top military leaders risks disrupting China’s military communications, particularly with countries like India and the United States.

Xi Jinping claims China has ‘not occupied single inch of foreign land’

The Chinese president's remarks were made at a dinner on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit being held in San Francisco.

China seeks quick end to Israel-Hamas conflict, ceasefire ‘imperative’, says Xi

The Chinese president's remarks are among the first he has made about the conflict which erupted after Hamas launched an assault on Israel on 7 October.

‘Not unusual, has nothing to do with India’: Jaishankar on Xi, Putin missing G20 Summit

Analysts say the absence of Putin and Xi mean it would be difficult to arrive at a consensus Leaders Declaration at the summit.

The ‘Xi-20’ group, ‘Bharat’ not INDIA & ‘One Nation One Dress’

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

If Xi skips G20, India may have to host one of the weakest number 2 in Chinese politics

The notion that the 'standard map' was published just before Xi’s India visit to signal China’s intentions to emphasise its territorial claims is far from accurate.

On LAC, India’s options are limited. Modi should make the most of the BRICS opportunity

If both Modi and Xi show boldness, the proposal of a 20 km demilitarised zone on either side of the new LAC may get revived.

On Camera

Akbar wasn’t a Hindu-made hero. Don’t use communal filters to frame his legacy

What made him ‘Akbar the Great’ was not the might of his armies alone, but the political architecture he built to sustain power over a subcontinent teeming with diversity.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.