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TopicPresident Xi Jinping

Topic: President Xi Jinping

China faces its eternal dilemma again: Push growth or cut debt?

China’s top leaders meet this week in Beijing to set economic policy objectives for the coming year. The central question is whether they will...

China’s ambitious Belt and Road initiative is yet to get on the road in Beijing

Five years after its inauguration, there’s still no ministry tasked to plan or monitor activities of the Belt and Road initiative.

Trump & Xi are set for a messy divorce and that can rip the global economy apart

If US & China can’t work out a managed, Cold War style separation, the legacy of 2008 may well be a hard split.

This is why China could collapse like the Soviet Union

China's dying labour-force boom, like the Soviet Union's in the 1970s, may not revive even with Silk Road project’s heavy investments.

Modi govt to review China-led Asia trade pact amid worrying economic consequences for India

Different ministries fear influx of excessive Chinese imports & the limited possibility of free movement of skilled tech workers from India.

China is forcing devout Muslims to drink liquor, but the world is looking away

Beijing needs to realise that repression in Xinjiang, through which several ancient trade routes passed, can take a heavy toll on Xi’s pet Belt & Road Initiative.

Boris Johnson says women in burqas look like letter boxes, and China bans Winnie the Pooh

President Trump advised to stop tweeting about son's 2016 meeting with Russians, and EU to rally against US sanctions on Iran.

Coming soon to China pharmacies, breakthrough drugs sold nowhere else

The nation's rapidly aging population with significant unmet medical needs has made it a big draw for global pharma. 

Why the next PM of debt-saddled Pakistan can seek loans cuts from China, and get them

With its own competitiveness under threat from Donald Trump’s hawkish policies, China has an increasing need of its Asian allies.

One belt, one road to world leadership

China's superpower ambitions are out in the open. India must move on from its 1962 mindset & respond strategically.

On Camera

Why is going to law school so popular again?

In a recent survey of law school admissions officers, 94% said the current political climate in the US played at least a moderate role in the increase.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.