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China increases defence spending amidst world chaos
Updated : 4 days, 3 hours ago IST
China has announced a 7 per cent increase in its 2026 defence budget to roughly USD 277 billion. Amidst regional conflicts and military purges, Beijing is prioritising modernisation and "sovereign rights." While feeling vulnerable due to energy dependencies, China is choosing diplomatic enga
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HRW warns China's draft 'Ethnic Unity' law could intensify repression, era
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
The 62-article draft Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress was submitted to the National People's Congress on September 8, 2025. An official explanatory document states that the law "implements General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thinking" on ethnic affairs and promotes "the common
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On the sidelines, China watches Iran from afar
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
One by one, Chairman Xi Jinping's political leader friends abroad are being whittled down by US military action. First there was President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, and the latest is Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran after he was eliminated by Operation Epic Fury. Yet China can do noth
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US Senators urge Trump administration to prioritise QUAD Summit ahead of m
Updated : 3 weeks, 3 days ago IST
US Senators Tim Kaine and Pete Ricketts have urged the Trump administration to prioritise the meeting between QUAD leaders ahead of US President Donald Trump's planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in April later this year.
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US Secy of State Marco Rubio meets Chinese FM Wang Yi
Updated : 4 weeks ago IST
Official Spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Lin Jian posted on X about their meeting.
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Trump to meet China's Xi Jinping in April, calls relationship "very good r
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Trump, while addressing the reporters, said, "I'll be visiting President Xi Jinping in April. He's coming here later in the year, and I look forward to it. Our relationship with China is very good right now."
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China's Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu attends BRICS Sherpa meeting in Ne
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Xu Feihong, Chinese Ambassador to India, in a post on X wrote, "Ma Zhaoxu noted that President Xi Jinping has put forward the important concept of the high-quality development of greater BRICS cooperation and the five cooperation layouts of building a BRICS committed to peace, innovation,
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US President Trump plans to visit Beijing in April: Report
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Trump said, Xi is "coming to the White House, toward the end of the year. We have a very good relationship. And, you know, it's important that I have a good relationship and for him, that he has a good relationship with me. We have to have a good -- these are the two most powerful countries
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China deepened nationwide repression in 2025, says Human Rights Watch repo
Updated : 1 month ago IST
The Chinese government significantly intensified repression across the country in 2025, tightening ideological control and curbing fundamental freedoms under President Xi Jinping, according to the World Report 2026 released by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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"Relationship with China extremely good," says Trump after call with Chine
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Trump, in a post on Truth Social, spoke about his call with Xi, confirmed his visit to China in April, and said that the relationship with China was extremely good.
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"When all eyes are on Taiwan, China could strike elsewhere, possibly India
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
In a conversation with ANI, Newsham said that as Chinese President is into PLA rejigs, he might want to test them. For that matter, as the world looks at Taiwan with bated breath, Xi Jinping might attack India instead.
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PLA leadership crisis deepens- some "general takeaways"
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Chairman Xi Jinping's decision to arrest two of the most senior People's Liberation Army (PLA) leaders - Generals Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli - continues to reverberate. It has stirred debate over the operational capability of China's military, and whether Xi would dare trust it to invade T
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