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Monday, October 13, 2025
TopicXi Jinping

Topic: Xi Jinping

What Western press missed about India as Modi’s foreign policy comes of age with G20 summit

There is no question that the G20 summit is already a feather in Modi’s cap – it doesn’t matter that Russia's Putin and China's Xi won’t be turning up for the mega event.

Udhayanidhi’s remark about Sanatan Dharma uncalled for. It hurts CM Stalin’s cause

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Xi just handed the mic to Modi at the G20. But without Russia, China, it’s now a sideshow

China wants to be number one, but it must first protect its position as the number two – India is a threat to the current position.

China’s Xi Jinping will not attend G20 leaders’ meet in Delhi, Premier Li Qiang to step in

This is the first time that Xi has skipped a G20 event, having attended all others since becoming president in 2013.

Xi Jinping must not push his G20 luck too far. His worst India-US nightmares can come true

Xi Jinping thinks the Asian value of saving face only applies to big powers like China – India need not bother. But he must know that two can play this game.

Chinese economy won’t go bust but get caught in Japan-like limbo. It’s a test of Xi’s model

Renminbi trade to sky-high debts, China is seeing signs of economic distress everywhere. Xi's ‘muddling through’ strategy is just a politically viable option.

PM Modi, Xi Jinping shake hands, seen in brief conversation with each other at BRICS Summit

Notably, this was the first the two leaders had met and greeted each other since the standoff between China’s PLA and the Indian forces in eastern Ladakh in April 2020.

Xi is pushing China to increase farmland for grains. It’s a call for swadeshi food security

Xi has even gone so far as to warn people against ‘playing tricks’ to reclassify farmlands for fulfilling ulterior motives.

Bill on appointment of election commissioners fails the smell test

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Border defence is CCP’s new ideological feature. And Xi has a tsar to lead the charge

Tying down India’s negotiating options is the next best option for Beijing — to maintain somewhat positive views about Beijing in the region.

On Camera

Imbalance persists in ASI’s modus operandi. Bengal, Bihar demand more attention

The National Policy on Archaeological Excavation and Explorations, which was approved in 2015, mentioned the need for problem-oriented, long-term research projects covering various time periods.

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.