Chinese premier Li Qiang expected to attend in Xi’s place as Beijing signals shift in diplomatic posture; Belt and Road tensions with Brazil may be a factor….reports Asian Lite News In a
This marks the third consecutive year that China has maintained the same rate of growth in military expenditure. China has unveiled its defence budget for 2025, confirming a 7.2% year-on-year increase as
Hong Kong-raised businessman Desmond Shum identified seven failures of Xi, including political centralization, suppression of civil freedoms, mishandling of COVID-19, and aggressive nationalism. He argues these missteps have eroded confidence in Xi’s
Xi’s epithet has lost much of its luster, and some Western scholars and commentators now bandy around sarcastic terms such as “Xi’s empire of tedium”, “Xi’s age of stagnation”, “China’s age of
President Xi Jinping’s overarching objective is to attain a “high-standard socialist market economy in all respects” by 2029, with Xi Jinping Thought acting as the guiding light….reports Asian Lite News The Third
Taiwan, an independent democratic island with security ties to the US, has long been a target for China’s ‘reunification’ ambitions…reports Asian Lite News Xi Jinping assumed the presidency of China in March
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation at the SCO summit…reports Asian Lite News Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 24th summit of the Council of Heads of
Sources that had functioned within the higher echelons of the Chinese Communist Party say that under the direction Xi Jinping, a Master Plan has been drawn that is to be ruthlessly (described
President Xi Jinping seems the type of man who stubbornly digs in his heels the tougher the opposition gets. Unfortunately, he is taking China down a road that many may not agree
San Francisco was just another link in a long chain of events that are resulting in a multiplying of frictions between Beijing and Washington, writes Prof. Madhav Das Nalapat CCP General Secretary