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Monday, October 13, 2025
TopicXi Jinping

Topic: Xi Jinping

Joe Biden, Xi Jinping plan to hold talks soon, says White House

The call is likely before the November presidential polls, and was decided in a meeting this week between Jake Sullivan and Wang Yi.

China’s 3rd plenary meet is more propaganda, less reform. Xi must address key challenges first

China confronts multiple challenges on the foreign policy front, further complicating domestic matters for Xi Jinping.

Daughter’s illness or friction with Beijing? Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina cuts China trip short

Hasina ended her Beijing trip ahead of schedule citing daughter’s ill health. Bangladesh signed 21 deals with China before she left, but failed to secure the much-needed financial aid.

China commits $10 million to global agriculture

Funding to support SSTC projects in 38 countries.

Putin’s visit to meet Xi in Beijing likely to highlight their ‘no limits’ partnership defying West

Chinese foreign ministry confirmed Putin’s trip Tuesday, saying that Xi and Putin would exchange views on ties and ‘international and regional issues of common concern.’

What’s Xi Jinping doing in Europe? His goal is more strategic than economic

India should aim to get European investments that are clearly no longer going to China. That is where the dots of its efforts to save Asia from China’s dominance converge at its most basic.

Xi Jinping is courting France. India must make sure its European partner isn’t seduced

Xi won’t be walking away from Europe with a win in hand, but his visit will almost certainly ignite arguments about the continent’s geopolitical future.

China’s revised State secret law shows its insecurity. It solidifies Xi’s legacy

The enactment of the revised State secret law is seen as a direct threat to over 1,00,000 Taiwanese individuals living and working in China.

Rahul Gandhi’s struggle with ‘basics of politics’, who killed Nijjar & how India is ‘ruled’, not ‘governed’

Global media also explores 'curbs' on academic freedom in India and how influencers' take on politics is shaping elections.

Ma Ying-jeou—China’s ‘friend’ in Taiwan is sailing against the wind, doing Xi’s work

For many in Taiwan, it is puzzling that former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou would interpret his China visit as ‘a journey of peace and friendship’, especially given Xi Jinping’s assertive actions.

On Camera

No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.