Xi Jinping

AT A SUMMIT with China’s richest entrepreneurs in late 2018 Xi Jinping sought to allay concerns that the state had declared war on the country’s private sector. Although officials in Beijing had spent the previous year bringing to heel unruly tycoons, China’s president insisted that rumours of a forceful push…

On a warm, cloudless morning in June, a giant vessel blasted through the still waters of the South China Sea toward a wooden fishing boat painted in cerulean blue and flying the red flag of Vietnam. The veteran fishing captain cranked up the engine to flee, but the approaching ship…

President Xi Jinping addresses the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit via video link from Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua Chinese president takes veiled swipe at United States in speech to regional security summit He warns against rising ‘unilateralism’ and calls for member states to resist proliferation of ‘political viruses’ Topic |   Xi…

BEIJING: China cannot be separated from the world in achieving development as both need each other for prosperity, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday as he highlighted the new development model being pursued by the world's second-largest economy. Xi, addressing the Council of Heads of State of the SCO grouping…

| Updated: Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 7:55 New Delhi, Nov 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President, Xi Jinping will come face to face for the first time since the border stand off in eastern Ladakh that began in May at the virtual interaction at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation…

Recognising that the United States has ‘enormous leverage’ over China in the technology sector, Beijing is going all-in to build an indigenous, reliable supply chain President Xi Jinping says central government will ‘enhance global value chain’s dependence on China’, with deterrence capabilities to curb supply cut-offs Published: 6:30am, 10 Nov,…

The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.1. Mark Johnson in City A.M.on Covid coersionThe government must stop treating us like a nation of prospective criminals“A difficult period looms. The new measures criminalise family meetings, deny individuals…

Chinese foreign ministry stops short of congratulating Joe Biden Two countries should improve dialogue and manage differences, ministry says Published: 6:19pm, 9 Nov, 2020 Updated: 2:07pm, 11 Nov, 2020 Read More

As India and China continue to face off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday instructed officials to expedite the construction of the new USD 47.8 billion railway project connecting the country’s southwest Sichuan province to Linzhi in Tibet close to the Indian border…

Virtual gathering of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to be the first for leaders of China and India since their bloody Himalayan border clash in May But the meeting is expected to strengthen Beijing’s hand in the region, observers say Topic |   Xi Jinping E3B1C256-BFCB-4CEF-88A6-1DCCD7666635 Published: 10:00pm, 7 Nov, 2020 Updated: 10:00pm, 7…