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Chinese President Xi Jinping

Chinese President Xi Jinping

In this file photo taken on October 1, 2019, Chinese troops march during a military parade in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. (Representational photo:AFP)

K.C. Singh | How absolutist policy can make a nation less secure

Taking the cue from Jia, one needs to ask whether viewing the region through the prism of 'absolute national security' is any longer useful?

24 Jan 2022 11:46 PM

PM Modi has suddenly backtracked by announcing on Gurupurab, associated with Guru Nanak, his government’s decision to annul the three farm laws. Representational Image. (PTI)

K.C. Singh | Diverse dilemmas: Power for Modi, economy for Xi

Controversy again arose about Chinese disturbance of the status quo at the 3,488 kilometre-long Line of Actual Control

22 Nov 2021 2:46 AM

US President Joe Biden meets with China's President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 15, 2021. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Biden and Xi meet virtually as US-China chasm widens

The two leaders know each other well, having traveled together when both were vice presidents

16 Nov 2021 10:21 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit via video, from Beijing on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 (Li Xueren/Xinhua via AP)

China's president Xi warns against 'Cold War' in Indo-Pacific

Xi also said the region should make sure to keep supply lines functioning and to continue liberalising trade and investment

11 Nov 2021 10:18 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. (DC flle photo)

K.C. Singh | Amid China power games, stop divisiveness at home

The diplomatic jostling has increased between India and China after the in-person Quad summit hosted by US President Joe Biden in September

19 Oct 2021 1:23 AM

China's Western Theatre Command oversees the Xinjiang and the Tibet Autonomous Regions, as well as the border with India, making it the largest geographical area under one command in the PLA. (Representational image: Bloomberg)

China appoints new army commander to head troops along Indian border

The tensions have eased to some extent with troops from both sides moving out from the Galwan Valley, Pangong Tso and Gogra

07 Sep 2021 12:00 PM

During his trip, Prime Minister Modi will hold talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and visit three places outside Dhaka. (PTI file photo)

India, Bangladesh likely to sign three MoUs during PM Modi's visit

Modi is visitng Dhaka to attend the celebrations of the golden jubilee of the country's independence and the birth centenary of its founder

16 Mar 2021 12:32 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP)

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

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP)

Journalist jailed for 15 years in China for attacking ruling Communist 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

Xi Jinping. AP Photo

China and US should unite in fight against Covid19: Xi Jinping

The two countries have clashed in recent weeks over the virus, but Xi said China "wishes to continue sharing all information with the US"

27 Mar 2020 12:35 PM

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, centre, wearing a protective face mask, talks to a medical staff member during his visit to the Academy of Military Medical Sciences. AP Photo

Xi makes first visit to virus epicentre Wuhan since outbreak

The visit came as people gradually began to return to work in other parts of China while the virus spreads to most of the world

10 Mar 2020 11:15 AM

In this handout photo provided by Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Indian nationals who were airlifted from coronavirus-hit Hubei province of Chinas Wuhan, play carrom inside a quarantine facility set by up ITBP at Chhawla area of New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi offers India’s help to China in fight against virus.

Screening of passengers on at 21 airports, seaports and border crossings.

10 Feb 2020 1:23 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)

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 5:07 AM

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China to boost patriotism

Beijing pledges not to allow foreign interference in Hong Kong affairs.

02 Nov 2019 1:28 AM

PM Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Narendra Modi lauds CM’s excellent arrangements

The Ambassador profusely thanked Mr. Palaniswami for all the hospitality and assistance accorded to the Chinese President and the team.

26 Oct 2019 2:19 AM

My own take is completely different. I believe that when nations start speaking about their past, it is often because they prefer to avoid talking about the present. It may be what happened between India and China during the two-day encounter in Mamallapuram. (Photo: File | AFP)

Was Modi-Xi Chennai meet a ‘civilisational’ encounter?

The Chinese proverb, “Kill the chicken to warn the monkeys,” immediately comes to mind.

18 Oct 2019 1:01 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

An India-China ‘reset’ and the future of Asia

The next few months will show if indeed the ‘Wuhan Spirit’, as the Indian statement claims, has transmuted into the ‘Chennai Connect’.

14 Oct 2019 1:59 AM

He also gifted an exquisite Kanjeevaram silk saree for the Chinese leader’s wife.

Narendra Modi gifts XI Jinping silk portrait

The portrait was created by the master weavers of Sri Ramalinga Sowdambigai Handloom Weavers Co-operative Society.

13 Oct 2019 1:00 AM

Madhusudhan at work in Mamallapuram.

Narendra Modi’s Tamil interpreter was Chennai’s Madhusudhan Raveendran

His first posting being in the Indian Mission at Beijing, he picked up Mandarin and soon mastered the difficult language.

13 Oct 2019 12:57 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes a stroll on the beach while picking up litter. (Photo: DC)

Narendra Modi’s plogging wins praise and jibes

Party’s national executive member C. P. Radhakrishnan?, tweeted, “Our Beloved Prime Minister Ji always leads by example.

13 Oct 2019 12:54 AM

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