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TopicXi Jingping

Topic: Xi Jingping

SubscriberWrites: Assessing Xi Jinping’s contemporary economic, foreign policy

Unemployment is high in China. In order to solve this economic problem, Xi has sought to rely on Mao style non-conventional ideological wisdom.

Biden will push China to resume military ties with US for ‘national security,’ says White House

US President is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in person for the first time in a year at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco this week.

China removes defence minister Li Shangfu over ‘corruption’, 2nd leadership sacking in 3 months

Beijing is yet to name successor of Gen Li, who rose through the ranks of PLA to become defence minister in March and has been missing since August.

Book critical of Ming emperor pulled after drawing online comparisons with Xi Jinping

The book 'Chongzhen: The Diligent Emperor of a Fallen Dynasty' was recalled on 16 October, due to 'printing problems', its publisher, Dook Media Group, said in an online notice.

China is willing to continue to help war-torn Syria rebuild, regain regional status, says Xi

Citing flagship initiatives to build up infra along Silk Road & promoting China’s approach to global security, Xi extended support to Syria improving relations with other Arab nations.

‘And then there were none’: On G20 eve, US’s Japan envoy says China’s ‘missing’ ministers a mystery

US diplomat Rahm Emanuel says ‘Defence Minister Li Shangfu hasn't been seen in public for two weeks’, after ex-foreign minister Qin Gang & Rocket Force commanders ‘go missing’.

Month after ousting rocket force generals, China dismisses head of PLA’s military court

Cheng Dongfang was removed after Standing Committee of National People’s Congress voted for changes. No reason was given for his sacking after barely 8 months.

ASEAN welcomes world leaders in Indonesia, Xi and Biden absent

ASEAN welcomed world leaders of countries including Japan, South Korea, Australia, and India for a summit likely tobe dominated by the rivalry between the United States and China.

Friction over Ukraine war, absence of Putin & Xi set to dent G20 summit

The hardened stance on the Russia-Ukraine war has prevented agreement on even a single communique at the ministerial meetings of the G20 during India's presidency this year.

Mutual pullback of some troops from LAC on cards as Modi-Xi discuss Ladakh tensions at BRICS

There can be some forward movement on LAC front just before G20 meet, it is learnt. An option under discussion is pullback of certain troops, equipment for building confidence.   

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.