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TopicXi Jinping

Topic: Xi Jinping

Xi visits North Korea to boost influence over emboldened Kim

Xi's first trip to North Korea since 2019 underscores efforts to remind Kim that Beijing remains Pyongyang's most important political patron, amid its deepening alliance with Russia.

Kremlin confirms Putin’s visit to China this week for talks with Xi

Putin’s visit on 19 & 20 May is timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship & Cooperation between the two nations.

Trump-Xi summit reveals a rivalry too deep to decouple, too tense to cooperate

Both the US and China recognise the lure and liabilities of deep economic interdependence, even as geopolitical realities push them toward structural rivalry.

Chinese investment in US seen stagnant even if Xi-Trump summit happens

Chinese foreign direct investment in the US is unlikely to rebound meaningfully even if Washington and Beijing restart high-level negotiations that are expected to...

Taiwan fears it’ll be ‘on the menu’ at Trump-Xi meeting, working hard to prevent it

Trump is set to travel to Beijing on 14-15 May. At the summit, Xi is likely to press the US President to agree to change the island’s status by opposing its independence

Xi meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi in Beijing, pitches 4-point proposal for stability in West Asia

The talks signal a deepening partnership between Beijing and Abu Dhabi that extends beyond trade into geopolitics and regional security. China has emerged as one of the UAE’s largest economic partners.

Xi’s military purges are less about China’s strategic goals, more about party control

Xi Jinping appears to be executing a modern version of Mao Zedong’s dictum of “cleaning the house before inviting guests”.

China removes top General & confidant in Xi Jinping’s most shocking military purge yet

Zhang Youxia’s removal marks a watershed moment. All six commanders appointed by Xi to the Central Military Commission in 2022 have now been removed.

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.

On Camera

Minister Vijayvargiya mocks officers’ toadyism, but IAS-IPS-IRS officers have the last laugh

The Modi government may ridicule bureaucrats in public, but its faith in trusted officers — and its dependence on them — has never been more evident.

Modi inaugurates Rajasthan refinery: Why India’s first greenfield plant in a decade matters

PM Modi inaugurates the Rs 79,459-crore HPCL-Rajasthan refinery, boosting refining and petrochemical capacity and advancing India's ambition to become a global refining hub.

Indonesia seeks more BrahMos missiles from India. Delhi eyes critical minerals as Modi visits Jakarta

India is looking at setting up joint ventures with Indonesian firms to establish processing factories for critical minerals, especially nickel.

Congress is ceding ground to BJP on nationalism. It’s pushing India towards one-party system

The Congress party’s abandonment of nationalism is the most intriguing aspect of its post-2014 politics. The real Congress was never a party of bleeding heart pacifists.