Xi Jinping

“I think we're in a genuine struggle between autocracies and democracies and whether or not democracies can be sustained,” Biden said. He further said that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping does not believe that democracy is an efficient form of governance and hence cannot be sustained in the 21st century. This is because, President Biden added, as per his Chinese counterpart democracies cannot arrive at a consensus on critical factors like rapidly evolving technologies.

In their first talks after the Russian action in Ukraine, Xi said state-to-state relations cannot go to the stage of military hostilities. "Peace and security are the most valued treasures of the international community," he said as per Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. Xi also said that China-US relations should "move forward along the right track" as part of efforts for "world peace and tranquillity".

The two leaders' first phone call since a video summit in November 2021 will be a chance to air differences as the US spearheads an unprecedented pressure campaign on Russia, placing China in a geopolitical bind. It's "an opportunity for President Biden to assess where President Xi stands", White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said of the call scheduled for Friday.

Away from political analysts assertions of a "frozen conflict" when Russia took over Crimea in 2014, President Vladimir Putins invasion of Ukraine now has the global hot pot boiling. But the hot pot, one of the most favourite culinary offerings of the Chinese, isn't really boiling in China, at least not over the Ukrainian conflict. Lately, Russia's dearest neighbour to the south has been wallowing in impressive economic numbers announced after its vaunted ‘Two Sessions'.

Xi pointed out that the combined impact of major global changes and the pandemic, both unseen in a century, has brought multiple global challenges that need to be addressed through global cooperation, Xinhua news agency reported. Noting that China and the EU share much common understanding on promoting peace, seeking development and advancing cooperation.

On 16th February, Representative Hartzler (of the Republican Party) introduced the said bill “to ban individuals serving in the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and their family members from receiving student or research visas,” a press release issued by her official website said. “Xi Mingze, the daughter of General Secretary Xi Jinping, previously completed her undergraduate degree at Harvard in 2014.

The provincial government has formed a team to “find the truth, punish those who violated laws, hold those involved accountable and release the results to the public in a timely manner,” state broadcaster China Central Television said on Thursday in a statement on one of its social media accounts. The scandal is said to mar the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in terms of public discourse.

President Jinping began the proceedings by projecting China’s handling of COVID pandemic as a rare success in terms of breaking the COVID infection chain as well as posting healthy economic growth rates in the past two years when the global economy has shrunk. China recently reported that its economy grew by 8.1 percent for the 2021-22 financial year which led to GDP expansion to USD 18 trillion

Its "zero-tolerance" policy towards Covid-19 strengthened the authorities' hand, as they imposed harsh policies in the name of public health, the report said. Beijing's information manipulation has become pervasive: the government censors, punishes dissent, propagates disinformation, and tightens the reins on tech giants. The once-cacophonous internet is now dominated by pro-government voices that report to the authorities on people whose views they deem insufficiently nationalistic, the report said.

The revelation came after high-resolution satellite imagery surfaced with the security establishments. Sources said the Chinese villages within the disputed territory in Bhutan are likely to be used for both military and civilian purposes.