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Saturday, February 21, 2026
TopicXi Jinping

Topic: Xi Jinping

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.

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.

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.

‘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.

‘Development partners, not rivals,’ say Modi-Xi at meet; PM underlines peace at borders key to growth of ties

Meeting between 2 leaders comes a day before SCO Heads of State Summit in Tianjin, where Modi will meet Putin, Shehbaz Sharif, Erdogan & Ilham Aliyev, too.

Modi meets Xi, to hold bilateral with Putin but summit of Russia-India-China bloc not on agenda

Prime Minister Modi, in China for SCO summit, is in a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and will hold a bilateral dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.