Tag: Xi Jinping
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Xi Jinping skipping G20 Summit says a lot about how China sees India
HOW SHOULD INDIA interpret Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decision to not attend the G20 leader’s summit in New Delhi? Domestic political crises are common enough reasons for leaders to want to skip foreign visits. There are reports that influential elders of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) have expressed their unhappiness at the present state…
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How to interpret China’s imaginary consensus with India
FOLLOWING A MEETING on the sidelines of a BRICS gathering of National Security Advisers, between India’s Ajit Doval and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, the Chinese foreign ministry has been reported as saying that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China’s President Xi Jinping had reached “an important consensus” to restore bilateral ties…
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China is in no mood to match US’s desire for dialogue
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in China over the past two days attempting to cool temperatures in a bilateral relationship that appears to be going from bad to worse. Beijing had cancelled Blinken’s planned visit in February over the shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon over US airspace…
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India’s inaction is encouraging China’s bad behaviour
LATE LAST MONTH, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart, General Li Shangfu on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) defence ministers meeting in New Delhi…
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Power play in Moscow: What China hopes to gain from Xi’s meeting with Putin
XI JINPING SEES IN Vladimir Putin an ally in the opposition to Western liberal ideas and a US-led global order. While the Chinese are no doubt calculating the costs of Russia’s actions to themselves, Beijing is unlikely to want a quick end to the war in Ukraine. Here’s why
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Iran-Saudi Arabia Deal: China is here for self-interest, propaganda
IRAN AND SADI ARABIA have just announced the restoration of diplomatic ties – suspended since 2016 – with China playing the mediator. The development is being widely interpreted as a sign of China’s increasing role in West Asia and ability to match the United States in influence. Beijing’s diplomatic prowess is evident. Xi Jinping, China’s…
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China Protests: The party-state can’t be underestimated — neither can the Chinese people
WHILE THE CHINESE party-state has, until now, been able to subdue or prevent protests using traditional means as well as new technology, protestors in the past have also been wary of embarrassing either the CCP or the central government. The latest protests are, therefore, astonishing precisely because they undermine these long-standing trends…
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Takeaways from Xi’s Congress
Originally published at The Indian Express, 24 October 2022. p.14. Published online as ‘Xi Jinping’s Congress: What are the implications for China, the world, and India?’ What are the main takeaways from the CPC Congress? The CPC’s 20th Congress underlined General Secretary Xi Jinping’s role not just as the core of the Central Committee but also…