BRICS '25 ; MODI MAGIC forces Xi to boycott meet | Face to Face

Chinese President Xi Jinping will miss the 2025 BRICS Summit in Rio, the first time he has skipped a BRICS meeting since taking office. Instead, he will send Premier Li Qiang. The unprecedented move has sparked global speculation about China’s motives, with rumors swirling about diplomatic tensions, Trump’s warnings, and Modi’s dinner invite. Meanwhile, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh participated in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ meeting in Qingdao, becoming the first senior Indian minister to visit China since the military standoff along the Line of Actual Control erupted in May 2020. The video offers analysis of these developments.