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TopicPresident Xi Jinping

Topic: President Xi Jinping

Donald Trump to make prime-time address in bid to convince Americans of border wall plan

Aastha Singh -
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is on a three-day visit to China, and Saudi woman who fled country allowed temporary stay in Thailand.

A little humility from the Communist Party will serve China well

Mihir Sharma -
By taking all the credit for the country’s stunning economic rise, the Communist Party is threatening its continued prosperity.

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

Christopher Balding -
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

Yuen Yuen Ang -
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

Andrew Browne -
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

David Fickling -
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

Shruti Srivastava -
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

Mihir Sharma -
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

Avishek Jha -
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

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

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Shailaja Bajpai -
Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

Why electoral ‘reform’ is cause for worry—the Modi govt uses it to cement political hold

The world’s biggest trade deal is in the making. India and EU must close it now

Economy

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Udit Bubna -
Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Defence

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Tejas Bhatotia -
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

National Interest

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

Shekhar Gupta -
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.

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