Focus of the BRICS Summit, apart from Covid cooperation, will be the new Taliban caretaker govt in Afghanistan, and channelising development aid there.
US-China ties are more consequential for American economy than the relationship with Russia, and Biden’s window to establish a relationship with Xi for the years ahead is closing.
Biden earlier said Chinese officials need to be more transparent on Covid data, and encouraged Beijing to join 'evidence-based' investigation to determine where the virus' origin.
In a veiled critique of US efforts to reduce dependence on Chinese supply chains, Xi said any effort to build barriers against economic and market principles would only harm others.
At the Davos Agenda event, Xi Jinping said it is vital to stay committed to international law and international rules 'instead of staying committed to supremacy'.
President Xi said the incomes of nearly 100 million people moved above China’s official poverty line — set at $1.68 per day — during an 8-year period to eliminate poverty
Xi Jinping’s speech during Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit came as he — and the world — await clues on how US President-elect Joe Biden will approach the region.
The recent plenary session of the Communist Party of China adopted Xi's proposals for the Five-Year Plan which envisages a massive overhaul of the country's domestic market.
China's new economic strategy for the next 5 years will include a new ambition to ramp up domestic consumption and make more critical technology at home.
In episode 553 of Cut the Clutter, Shekhar Gupta highlights how Chinese President Xi Jinping has been under fire for his handling of Covid pandemic, among other issues.
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
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’.
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.
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