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TopicXi Jinping

Topic: Xi Jinping

China designing new rare earth licensing regime, unlikely to go for complete rollback of restrictions

Following the agreement reached between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, China said last week it would pause for one year the restrictions it imposed in October.

Delhi & Beijing search for new normal & why India can be the ‘juggernaut’ of women’s cricket

In other global news, Travis McMaster's Cocoon moves back to China after its retaliation against US President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

Trump-Xi meet bodes ‘consensus’ on rare earth exports, easing of tariffs but no final deal

The thaw in US-China trade ties, especially over critical minerals and magnets, is likely to benefit other countries including India, caught in the middle of a trade war.

Trump meets ‘tough negotiator’ Xi in South Korea for trade war truce discussions

Busan: U.S. President Donald Trump kicked off a meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping at a South Korean air base on Thursday optimistic about...

Xi Jinping is purging the PLA with a ferocity unseen since Mao

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

How wolf warrior diplomacy cost China its soft power in 2020

In 'Decoding China', edited by Ashok K Kantha, Indian diplomats, military officials, and scholars evaluate the country's internal and external dynamics.

US-China trade war: Trump announces extra 100% tariff on Beijing

The actions signaled the biggest rupture in relations in four months between US & China. Many questioned whether an uneasy economic detente reached over the summer can survive.

Trump says ‘progress made’ with Xi on TikTok; leaders to meet in six weeks in South Korea

The two leaders held their first call in three months. The US president said he would visit China early next year, while Xi would visit the US later.

‘Show of regional solidarity’—global media’s reading of Modi, Xi, Putin huddle at SCO & Trump factor

Reports weigh in on the significance of Modi's visit to China, what it reveals about Trump's diplomacy & implications for India.

On Camera

Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.