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TopicXi Jingping

Topic: Xi Jingping

Xi Jinping’s grip on power is absolute, but there are new threats to his ‘Chinese dream’

The biggest question for president Xi Jinping is: how will he maintain his absolute grip on power and legitimacy in the eyes of the Chinese people?

Access to Chinese markets, trade secrets – Trump-Xi will have plenty to talk about in G20

Deepening trade conflict between US and China has disrupted global value chains and increased uncertainty about the condition of global economy.

Modi to invite Chinese President Xi for informal meet, discuss S-400 with Putin in Bishkek

Modi is expected to meet Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Bishkek this week.

China says cooperation with India is on fast track after Wuhan summit 

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the informal summit between President Jinping and PM Modi in Wuhan last year has opened up new prospects for the bilateral ties. 

India and China needed Wuhan, but it will not be enough

Wuhan Summit between Xi and Modi was a politically expedient move, driven by national interests

Seventh India-China hand-in-hand joint training exercise starts in Chengdu, China

The exercise is a part of focused efforts by the two militaries to improve ties after last year's standoff at Doklam.

The world will be waiting as China and Japan meet on Friday

Japan could push China toward policies that support global norms of economic and diplomatic cooperation.

China’s superpower potential could fizzle out before it’s fully realised

Measuring China's growth through a Western rubric is proving inadequate for a country that wants to be "anything but America". 

Trump ends border separation of families, and a transatlantic trade war brews

Nepal and China $2.4 billion agreements and Hungary makes it illegal to help migrants.

PM Modi meets Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of SCO summit

Modi and Xi are expected to explore ways to deepen ties in areas of trade and investment besides reviewing the overall bilateral cooperation.

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.