by admin | May 25, 2021 | World
By Gaurav Sharma,
Beijing : Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with his visiting US counterpart Donald Trump on Thursday where they discussed the North Korean nuclear crisis.
The two leaders met at the Great Hall of the People here.
While Xi promised cooperation and coordination on the worsening crisis, Trump said that China has the solution to the problem.
“Our meeting this morning in front of your representatives and in front of our representatives was excellent, discussing North Korea and I do believe there is a solution to that as you do,” Trump told Xi.
“We have the capacity to solve world problems for many years to come,” Trump, who is on a three-day China visit, said.
In response, Xi said: “China is ready to work with the United States to enhance cooperation and properly manage the differences in a spirit of mutual benefit.”
He said that the US and China had “more coordination and cooperation in North Korea nuclear issue and other world challenges.
“Right now China and US relations are at a new starting point.”
The tensions between Washington and Pyongyang have escalated after North Korea’s test firing of missiles and conducting its most powerful hydrogen test in September.
North Korea fears that the US wants to the reclusive nation to be annexed in the South Korea.
The US wants China to do more to rein in its ally. But China has said that it is not the trouble-maker and has only limited ability to solve the crisis.
Power equations will be changed this time as Xi has become more powerful, because of exalted status in China, and Trump’s popularity has taken a hit in the US.
The US President will also chair a business forum and there will be a signing of several bilateral agreements in the Great Hall of the People.
Trump arrived here on Wednesday on a three-day visit, the third leg of his five-nation Asia tour after stops in Japan and South Korea.
This is Trump’s first visit to China as US President and the third meeting with Xi this year.
Trump and Xi are also expected to discuss the US trade deficit with China.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | World
Xi Jinping
Beijing : Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee General Secretary Xi Jinping on Wednesday said that the coming five years will witness several important “junctures and signposts”.
“As I look ahead to the next five years, I see several important junctures and signposts,” Xi made the remarks while leading other members of the Standing Committee of the 19th CPC Central Committee Political Bureau to meet the press, Xinhua reported.
He stated that the coming five years between the 19th and the 20th Party Congress is the period in which timeframes of the Two Centenary Goals will converge,
“Not only must we deliver the first centenary goal, we must also embark on the journey toward the second centenary goal, said Xi.
“With decades of hard work, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. In this new context, we must get a new look and more importantly make new accomplishments.”
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | World
Chinese President Xi Jinping
By Gaurav Sharma,
Beijing : Chinese President Xi Jinping has emerged on par with former leaders Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping with his political ideology being added into the constitution of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
The symbolic move came on the final day of a week-long political summit in Beijing, the 19th CPC National Congress, at which Xi, 64, pledged to lead the world’s second largest economy into a “new era” of international power and influence.
With the inclusion of “Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era”, Xi has surpassed veterans like Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao.
Xi is the third Chinese leader after Mao and Deng whose theory will be added to the constitution of the world’s largest political party.
“The Congress unanimously agrees on Xi Jinping’s ‘Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era’ in addition to Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong, Deng Theory,” the amendment to the constitution read.
“The Congress urges all Party members to use the Thought to achieve unity in thinking and action, be more purposeful and determined in studying and applying it.”
“Our party shows strong, firm and vibrant leadership,” Xi said in a brief address to more than 2,200 delegates.
“Our socialist system demonstrates great strength and vitality. The Chinese people and the Chinese nation embrace brilliant prospects.
“Today we more than 1.3 billion China’s people live in jubilation and dignity. Our land radiates with enormous dynamism. Our Chinese civilisation shines with lasting splendour and glamour,” the Guardian quoted Xi as saying.
Since the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949, only Chairman Mao had been honoured in such a way while still alive, in his case with a political philosophy called Mao Zedong Thought.
Chairman Mao founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
Also on Tuesday, the CPC unveiled a new leadership, electing the 19th Central Committee to lead the party for the next five years.
The 19th CPC Central Committee will in turn elect the Political Bureau, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau and the General Secretary at its first plenary session on Wednesday, reports Xinhua news agency.
According to the Party Constitution, the highest leading body of the CPC is the National Congress and the Central Committee it elects, and all constituent organisations and members of the Party are subordinate to the National Congress and the Central Committee.
The number of delegates to the National Congress and the procedure governing their election shall be determined by the Central Committee.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate, Corporate Governance
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meeting the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, on the sidelines of the SCO Summit, in Ufa, Russia on July 10, 2015.(Photo: PIB)
Ufa (Russia):(IANS) The 15th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit opened on Friday in this Russian city, with the leaders expected to start an enlargement process for India and Pakistan.
The meeting, hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin and attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping and other SCO leaders, will focus on planning the organisation’s future development, Xinhua reported.
Among the documents expected to be released are an SCO development blueprint, a border defence cooperation agreement and a declaration on the 70th anniversary of the victory in World War II.
In one of the biggest eyecatchers in the Ufa summit, SCO leaders are set to pass a resolution on starting the procedures of granting India and Pakistan full membership of the organisation.
Founded in 2001, the SCO has China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan as its full members.
Afghanistan, India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan are observers while Belarus, Turkey and Sri Lanka are dialogue partners.
