Chinese President Xi Jinping

China passes Patriotic Education Law: What is it, why are people in uproar?

China has adopted a Patriotic Education Law to counter what it calls ‘historical nihilism’ and safeguard national security in the backdrop of Xi Jinping continuing to tighten his grip on power. Experts say the law targets youth, cyberspace and communities abroad and decry it as 'brainwashing'

Why Chinese emperor seems to be insecure

The purge of the top leadership, only limited details being available, indicates a growing sense of dissatisfaction within China as also increasing insecurity and paranoia within Xi Jinping

Head-on | G20 and the three axes of global power

The G20 summit this weekend will be an inflection point for India to create a geopolitical doctrine that is both independent and multilayered

Upcoming G20 summit is about India claiming a seat at the high table

The meat of the matter is straightforward — the upcoming G20 summit is symbolic. More than solving intractable issues, the upcoming G20 summit is about India claiming a seat at the high table

What PM Modi and Xi Jinping spoke about after shaking hands at G20 dinner in 2022

The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday revealed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese president Xi Jinping had exchanged courtesies and spoke on the need to stabilise the bilateral relations at a dinner during the G20 summit in Bali last year

Biden wasn't joking when he called Xi a 'dictator', but he often veers off from his foreign policy script

The US President has made such statements often enough with regard to China to not dismiss them as inadvertent gaffes

As Zelenskyy’s version of ‘peace’ is as dangerous as Putin’s idea of war, G20 India summit may be last chance for amity

Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s supporters want him to fight for every inch of territory — and so his ‘peace plan’ is to fight. Vladimir Putin, if he blinks first, may not survive — so he will continue to fight

39 people missing as Chinese fishing vessel capsizes in Indian Ocean

A total of 17 Chinese crew members, 17 Indonesians, and five from the Philippines were on board the vessel when it capsized on Tuesday, according to a report

Russian-Chinese visions for peace 'broadly in tune', Moscow reacts to Xi-Zelensky call

In its first response to phone call between Zelensky and Xi, Moscow on Wednesday said that Russian and Chinese visions for a path to peace were "broadly in tune" and that Ukraine's "unrealistic" demands were standing in the way of peace negotiations

Saudi Arabia joins China-led SCO: What does this mean for world politics?

China’s expansion of the SCO and its recent exercising of its diplomatic muscle is all in support of its objective to be regarded as a world power — and to prepare its alliances for Beijing’s stated strategic aim of reunification with Taiwan