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Today — 4 September 2025Main stream

Putin Takes His ‘Limo Diplomacy’ to China

3 September 2025 at 23:27
Rides in his hulking bulletproof Aurus with the Indian and North Korean leaders offered the Russian leader an ideal setting for deepening ties.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia exiting his Aurus limousine in Beijing on Tuesday.
Yesterday — 3 September 2025Main stream
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Putin Finds a Growing Embrace on the Global Stage

2 September 2025 at 04:53
Eurasian leaders eagerly met the Russian leader at a summit this week, as President Trump has helped ease his isolation over the war in Ukraine.

© Pool photo by Suo Takekuma

From left: President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and President Xi Jinping of China were all smiles in Tianjin, China, on Monday.

India Was the Economic Alternative to China. Trump Ended That.

1 September 2025 at 12:00
A lurch in policy has shaken the India-U.S. economic alliance against China, leaving India little choice but to consider reversing its own strategy.

© Saumya Khandelwal for The New York Times

Construction at the site of the Foxconn Apple Project in Bengaluru, India. Foxconn is the main contract manufacturer for Apple, which has become a touchstone for India’s China Plus One approach.

Xi Uses Summit, Parade and History to Flaunt China’s Global Pull

With the leaders of Russia and India visiting, China’s president will show how he can use statecraft, military might and history to push for global influence.

© Pool photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India in Kazan, Russia, last year.

Trump Is Pushing India Back Toward China

18 August 2025 at 12:01
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been moving to align India with the United States and freeze out China. Now, efforts to rebuild ties between the Asian giants are gaining momentum.

India, Once America’s Counterweight to China, Is Now Facing Trump’s Wrath

7 August 2025 at 01:26
With threats of tariffs up to 50 percent, President Trump seems to be scrapping America’s plan to turn India into a counterweight to China, declaring instead that it is a “dead economy.”

One of These BRICS Is Not Like the Others

18 July 2025 at 17:01
President Trump’s attacks on the group of emerging economies, which includes Brazil, Russia and China, have put one member — India — in an uncomfortable spot.
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