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Sunday, April 28, 2024
TopicXi Jinping

Topic: Xi Jinping

A Tale of Two Countries

A comparison between India and China shows the differences as well as the unexpected similarities.

Global Pulse: ‘Make America France again’, it’s all in the name for Xi Jinping

Bowled over by what he saw in France, Donald Trump is considering a Batille-Day style US military parade in Washington on the 4 July next year.

Global Pulse: Xi’s bid for absolute power, nuclear watchdog clears Iran

A roundup of the biggest stories and views from across the world.

Hamburg to Xiamen: The Doklam breakthrough was achieved Bric by Bric

ThePrint reveals how a breakthrough in talks between India and China were achieved after 10 weeks of negotiations

Exclusive: China builds bridge on disputed stream in Demchok, hill council alarmed

Hill council chairman says herders asked to leave but bridge at Nelung Nala very serious

Don’t be complacent about the border standoff with China

The impression is that India’s elite public opinion has not totally woken up to the consequences of underestimating China’s capacity for assertive action. Shashi Tharoor

Exclusive: Days before Pangong scuffle, China border patrol tore tents, threatened Indian herders

Indian villagers were threatened in Demchok and forced to vacate grazing grounds

GLOBAL PULSE: China’s ‘Globalisation 2.0’, London’s global banker status under Brexit threat, and Spain wants to exhume Franco

CHINA IS THE NEW CHAMPION OF GLOBALIZATION China is one of the few countries in the world today with money to spend, and Xi Jinping is ready to write some checks. It is called Globalization 2.0.

Making sense of Xi slap

Timed perfectly with Xi’s arrival in Ahmedabad was that of nearly a 1,000 PLA soldiers in Ladakh’s Chumar area. There is a pattern to China’s actions: it is testing India’s resolve.

On Camera

America’s out-of-control militarised police forces are a threat to democracy

The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

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’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

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.