Xi Jinping

A day earlier, the 69-year-old had been elected to the party's powerful Central Committee by a once-in-a-five-year Congress despite crossing the official retirement age of 68 and completing the tenure of a decade.

As he is all set for a record 3rd five-year term in power and perhaps for life, President Xi Jinping on Sunday vowed to advance the modernisation of the country's military to world-class standards to protect national sovereignty, security and developmental interests.

Xi's pledge to complete the reunification of China, which means the merger of Taiwan with the Chinese mainland, received a prolonged round of applause from over 2,300 elected delegates attending the Congress. Xi, also the General Secretary of the CPC, said the party must stand firm on its strategy to resolve the Taiwan issue and be determined to reunify the nation.

'China is downright disregarding the safety and security of Tibetans in need of medical assistance and Covid care, evidenced by the dire lockdown conditions being reported and exposed online by several affected Tibetans,' Central Tibetan Administration spokesperson Tenzin Lekshay said in a statement.

According to several posts, Xi Jinping, who was recently in Samarkand for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, or SCO, summit, was removed as the chief of China’s People’s Liberation Army, or the PLA.

This is the second high-profile sentencing in two days and part of a flurry of indictments this month as President Xi Jinping’s anti-graft campaign nets former top officials just weeks ahead of the Communist party congress where he is expected to secure an unprecedented third term.

The Chinese president congratulated New Delhi on hosting the summit the following year, saying, "We will support India for its presidency next year." This is the first meeting between Xi Jinping and PM Modi since the two countries were locked in a standoff following border clashes in 2020.

The Russian President took a clear broadside at the United States, which has been leading efforts to support Ukraine and impose sanctions on Russia.

Earlier, Pakistan's foreign office ruled out a bilateral meeting between PM Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif. Meanwhile, there is no official word from both India as well as China on a possible meeting between Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Both countries still need to take several steps to maintain the pre-April 2020 status quo. Besides the disengagement process, the troops will have to carry out de-escalation and de-induction processes to get to the pre-April 2020 levels.