Tag: Xi Jinping

• How China Uses Discourse to Erode US Dominance

  

  EXCEPT FOR INDIA, most countries in Asia have long thought their economic future lies in closer ties to China but that their security is guaranteed best by the…

• Xi has the measure of Trump

  

  IF THE SUMMIT between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing last week was expected to bring the world closer to peace in West Asia, that was a bar set too high already…

• Donald Trump in China, Beijing in control

  

  UNITED STATES PRESIDENT Donald Trump landed in Beijing on May 13 for his first State visit in his second term. The three-day visit is taking place at a time that China views as one of “global turbulence and profound changes”…

• Purges in China’s PLA and Xi’s tightening grip

  

  THE ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE sessions of the Chinese People’s Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People’s Congress (NPC) — known as the “two sessions” concluded on March 12. The annual government report presented by Premier Li Qiang signalled a broader continuity in economic policy while highlighting problems such as local debt…

• In Iran, China’s strategic advantage meets strategic vulnerability

  

  THE US-ISRAEL attacks against Iran and the perceived likelihood of this now turning into a prolonged conflict both confer advantages to China as well as raise concerns for it..

• China’s anti-corruption machine tightens its grip

  

  GEN Zhang Youxia, first-ranked Vice-Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission and its senior-most general, has been placed under investigation for “serious violations of discipline and law”, along with another member, Gen Liu Zhenli. This leaves the commission…

• Russia, China and the Uneasy Terms of Authoritarian Coexistence

  

  WESTERN PRESSURE HAS pushed Moscow deeper into China’s orbit, even as Beijing shapes the terms of an increasingly asymmetrical partnership. The alignment remains functional, useful, and resilient despite its tensions. India has long trusted in the sentimental and strategic weight of its Russian ties. But in this evolving landscape, how secure can that trust remain?..

• Trump-Xi meeting: Washington-Beijing rivalry is more than a tale of rise and decline — it’s a mirror of two nations wrestling to determine the next global order

  

  ALTOGETHER TOO MUCH discussion on the US-China relationship today focuses on a contrast between the two countries. On the one hand, there is hand-wringing and head-slapping about America’s increasing global weaknesses and unpopularity, its seemingly inevitable decline engendered by the zero-sum…

• ചാരുന്നേയുള്ളൂ ; ഇന്ത്യ ചായുന്നില്ല (Only Leaning, India is Not Aligning)

  

  സജീവമായ സാമ്പത്തിക-ഭരണ വ്യവസ്ഥാപരമായ പരിഷ്‌കാരങ്ങളില്ലാതെ ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ചൈനാനയം പരിമിതപ്പെടുകയും സൈനിക-സാമ്പത്തിക ശക്തിസന്തുലനം ചൈനയ്ക്ക്അ നുകൂലമായി നിൽക്കുകയും ചെയ്യും…