Xi Jinping: A Year in the Headlines
China’s leader maintained a commanding lead in the headlines of the CCP’s flagship People’s Daily in 2025, despite a substantial decline over the past year. What do these mixed signals mean?
RSS and Xinhua Sign Agreement
On August 29, 2025, Nepal’s government announced that its cabinet had approved an agreement for its national news agency, Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), and China’s Xinhua News Agency to exchange news content. Under the agreement, Xinhua provides RSS with news, photographs, video, and multimedia content in English at no cost. The agreement also included provisions for the exchange of reporters, editors, and technical experts between the two state-owned agencies, along with joint training programs and the sharing of expertise in integrating news technologies. Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung indicated that the agreement would be signed during Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s visit to China.
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