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Will Xi play ball with Trump on Ukraine?

US president-elect Donald Trump has invited China’s president Xi Jinping to his inauguration on January 20 in a surprise move which appears to be part of a plan to involve Beijing in ceasefire negotiations in Ukraine.

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Cases have mounted since and the screws have been tightened, leading to shortages of food and essential supplies and restricted access to even medical services. China’s policy of containing Covid, perfected in Wuhan where the virus originated, has three prongs ~ mass testing, extensive quarantines, and abrupt lockdown announcements.

Can China wean India away from the US?

Russia has ranged itself against the West by aligning itself with China. India grew close to the US by entering the Quad alliance. But India got a shock when the US breached the Quad and decided to supply nuclear-powered submarines to a WASP country like Australia but not to India.