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Chinese President Xi Jinping
Claude Arpi | How Xi Jinping failed to learn the basics from Tzu’s Art of War
It’s not that the new Great Helmsman hasn’t received military training
28 Jul 2020 5:54 PM
Manish Tewari | Study Ancient China to learn to tackle Beijing
In 1839, China declared war on drugs by impounding over 1,000 tons of opium from British dealers in Canton (modern Guangzhou)
07 Jul 2020 6:07 PM
No need for 'third party' intervention at Sino-China border: China
Chinese foreign ministry asserts that China's position on the border issue with India is "consistent and clear"
03 Jun 2020 4:14 PM
Court documents reveal Chinese journalist jailed for 15 years for attacking ruling party
The charge of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" is a catch-all that Chinese authorities use against people who criticise the regime
01 May 2020 11:56 AM
Heating up the Himalayan border: What really is Beijing’s gameplan?
Strangely though, no sooner did Mr Xi leave Kathmandu October 13, strange things began to occur.
15 Jan 2020 1:47 AM
Hope, anxiety loom in 2019, as world on edge
Businesses are also on tenterhooks over the uncertainty of a disorderly Brexit and President Trump’s economic wars.
01 Jan 2019 11:01 PM
China says no to India's proposal for bilateral trade in domestic currencies
India has also proposed trade in national currencies with some other countries, including Russia, Iran and Venezuela.
02 Dec 2018 1:20 PM
At Modi-Abe summit, China will loom large
China must be closely reading the domestic developments in each rival nation carefully.
17 Oct 2018 12:30 AM
China offers USD 295 mn grant to Sri Lanka in a bid for increased influence
Grant offer comes when Chinese firm faces criticism for allegedly financing last election campaign of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
22 Jul 2018 5:05 PM
China will not concede 'even an inch' of its territory: Xi tells Mattis
US has been sending periodic air, naval expeditions to assert its right of freedom of navigation in SCS, most of which is claimed by China.
28 Jun 2018 7:27 PM
Chinese general to visit India soon as both countries attempt to reset ties
The Chinese Major General Liu Xiaowu would discuss border issues, cooperation as well as military exchanges during visit to India, Pak.
28 Jun 2018 6:18 PM
Chinese President Xi Jinping biggest promoter of Bollywood films, says envoy
The envoy said practising yoga, watching Bollywood films and tasting Darjeeling tea have become fashionable among the Chinese youth.
19 Jun 2018 1:30 PM
China scores strategic victory in Trump-Kim summit
When Trump announced that US would stop massive war games with S Korea, a longtime Chinese goal, it was clear that Beijing made its mark.
17 Jun 2018 3:05 PM
China retaliates with additional tariffs on USD 50 billion worth of US goods
China stated that if Washington imposed further tariffs in response, they too would take corresponding measures.
16 Jun 2018 1:56 PM
China rejects 'selfish, shortsighted' trade policies: Xi Jinping
Xi spoke hours after Trump said he was backing out of G7 communique, thwarting a fragile consensus on a trade dispute with US' top allies.
10 Jun 2018 1:03 PM
PM Modi, Xi Jinping Wuhan consensus to be reflected in SCO summit: Indian Envoy
India's focus will be to continue to expand cooperation in countering terrorism, economic development as well as cultural exchange.
08 Jun 2018 3:20 PM
Xi Jinping and N Korea's Kim Jong Un meet in China
It was Kim's second visit to China since March, highlighting efforts by the Cold War-era allies to mend ties.
08 May 2018 7:52 PM
Modi, Jinping to exchange views on global, strategic issues
The informal summit is being seen as a move by the two countries to get their ties back on track following the Doklam stand-off in 2017.
26 Apr 2018 9:04 AM
China welcomes North Korea's move to suspend nuclear tests
N Korea is set for summits with South Korean President Moon Jae-in next week and with US President Donald Trump in late May or early June.
21 Apr 2018 2:41 PM
Trump to visit five Asian nations, seeks to pressurise North Korea
Trump asserted that North Korea's reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons threatens entire world with immense loss of human life.
18 Oct 2017 2:30 PM
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