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Book on war in the Himalayas goes beyond India-China binary

Reed Chevrin offers a comprehensive narrative that situates the conflict within the broader context of Cold War politics and regional dynamics. New Delhi: Reed Chevrin’s...

China reeling under Zhang Xianzhong phenomenon

Acts of social retaliation have become alarmingly frequent and are collectively referred to as the ‘Zhang Xianzhong phenomenon’ by netizens. In recent times, violent incidents...

How China perceives Trump’s comeback

Most Chinese scholars agree that there is bipartisan support for China’s ‘containment’ in the US. Moreover, it was Trump who designated China as a...

India and China soften their stands on border

The simultaneous rise of India and China is not only capable of shaping the new global order but also realising the Asian century. During...

Hasina’s ouster in Bangladesh, and China

Though words like ‘coup’, ‘dictatorship’, ‘authoritarian regime’, ‘student protests’ remain sensitive in China, in the context of the recent developments in Bangladesh, media and...

India’s Manufacturing poses Security Challenges to China

The slow and steady Indian economy that has registered its fastest growth in recent years has started to unnerve some in China. In China there...

Xi’s new era imprint on the third plenary session

A Chinese article crowns Xi Jinping as a bigger ‘reformer’ comparing Deng Xiaoping, who is better known as the ‘architect’ of China’s reform. The much...

PLA’s Information Support Force

Xi Jinping said that the ISF must be absolutely loyal to the Party, must focus on its core task of using information assets to...

China’s global EV dream

On 25 February 2024, BYD’s first cargo ship, Explorer No. 1, the first of eight cargo ships, docked at Bremerhaven, Germany, carrying around 3,000...

China’s global EV dream

Will the East wind prevail over the West wind? On 25 February 2024, BYD’s first cargo ship, Explorer No. 1, the first of eight cargo...

How China perceives India’s rise

It appears that the Chinese perception about India’s rise is reluctantly and incrementally changing. Ever since the Galwan clash and the prolonged military standoff between...

What next for China and Taiwan?

Since President Xi Jinping has made the unification of Taiwan a historical necessity and a part and parcel of his great rejuvenation of the...

China’s ‘Look the US in the Eye’ diplomacy

The ‘look the world in the eyes diplomacy’ has replaced the ‘bide your time and hide your capabilities’ paradigm of the yesteryears. On 10 November,...

Recreating Silk Road: A decade of Belt and Road Initiative

During the opening ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum on 18 October 2023, President Xi Jinping remarked that “the original intention” (初心)...

Is China waiting for a ‘Middle East War’?

Long Kaifeng argues that the only way to abolish American hegemony is through a new world war. In the wake of Hamas’carnage inside Israel on...

Arab world is China’s new strategic pillar

As the American economic engagement diminishes in the region, the Arab world has emerged as a new a strategic pillar of multilateral engagement for...

China is keeping an eye on IMEC

The announcement of the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Delhi was the biggest takeaway from...

Xi’s G20 absence says a lot about India-China relations

It is the state of India-China bilateral relations that has also forced Xi Jinping to stay back. Barely five days before the G20 summit in...

Clamour about China’s economic collapse

Figures released by Chinese government sources portray both a resilient as well as an alarming picture of the state of China’s economy. The systemic...

Chasm deepens between US and China

It could be discerned from Blinken’s discussions with China’s top leaders that the root cause forthe deepening chasm is related to trade, technology, territory...

To think of bottom-line and highest-limit, the Chinese way

Incidents of “near collision” are not unheard of between the US and China, however, as the relationship touches a new low, these are becoming...

Who manages China’s ‘rural management’?

Netizens have reported ‘rural management’ personnel have not only confiscated the chickens, ducks and geese raised by the villagers, but also intervened in how...

Who manages China’s ‘rural management’?

Netizens have reported ‘rural management’ personnel have not only confiscated the chickens, ducks and geese raised by the villagers, but also intervened in how...

Who manages China’s ‘rural management’?

Netizens have reported ‘rural management’ personnel have not only confiscated the chickens, ducks and geese raised by the villagers, but also intervened in how...

Chinese media has a lot to say on Xi’s Russia visit

Interestingly, while Russia gets entangled in the war, China has challenged Russia by renaming 9 Russian places in Chinese. As the Chinese President, Xi Jinping...

Chinese media has a lot to say on Xi’s Russia visit

Interestingly, while Russia gets entangled in the war, China has challenged Russia by renaming 9 Russian places in Chinese. As the Chinese President, Xi Jinping...

Chinese media has a lot to say on Xi’s Russia visit

Interestingly, while Russia gets entangled in the war, China has challenged Russia by renaming 9 Russian places in Chinese. As the Chinese President, Xi Jinping...

India-China relations frayed beyond repair?

The stable security environment that guaranteed peace and tranquillity along the India-China border is in tatters. On 22 February 2023, India and China held the...

India-China relations frayed beyond repair?

The stable security environment that guaranteed peace and tranquillity along the India-China border is in tatters. On 22 February 2023, India and China held the...

India-China relations frayed beyond repair?

The stable security environment that guaranteed peace and tranquillity along the India-China border is in tatters. On 22 February 2023, India and China held the...

A balloon in the stratosphere punctures US-China ties

The deployment and timing of such systems could have been geared towards salvaging the image of the Communist Party. On 4 February 2023, US President...

A balloon in the stratosphere punctures US-China ties

The deployment and timing of such systems could have been geared towards salvaging the image of the Communist Party. On 4 February 2023, US President...

A balloon in the stratosphere punctures US-China ties

The deployment and timing of such systems could have been geared towards salvaging the image of the Communist Party. On 4 February 2023, US President...

Political challenges China faces in 2023

Rather than fire-fighting the external challenges, China will face far more serious challenges from its domestic audience. In a new year address on 31 December,...

Political challenges China faces in 2023

Rather than fire-fighting the external challenges, China will face far more serious challenges from its domestic audience. In a new year address on 31 December,...

Political challenges China faces in 2023

Rather than fire-fighting the external challenges, China will face far more serious challenges from its domestic audience. In a new year address on 31 December,...

What China is saying on the Yangtse face-off

A Chinese article boasts that ‘in the past two years, the PLA has gradually launched counterattacks and removed the sentry posts and strongholds erected...

What China is saying on the Yangtse face-off

A Chinese article boasts that ‘in the past two years, the PLA has gradually launched counterattacks and removed the sentry posts and strongholds erected...

What China is saying on the Yangtse face-off

A Chinese article boasts that ‘in the past two years, the PLA has gradually launched counterattacks and removed the sentry posts and strongholds erected...

White Paper Revolution diminishes Xi’s image

In order to ‘prevent and control the pandemic’, all regions have ‘adjusted’ the winter vacation time and have notified holidays in advance. Special arrangements...

White Paper Revolution diminishes Xi’s image

In order to ‘prevent and control the pandemic’, all regions have ‘adjusted’ the winter vacation time and have notified holidays in advance. Special arrangements...

White Paper Revolution diminishes Xi’s image

In order to ‘prevent and control the pandemic’, all regions have ‘adjusted’ the winter vacation time and have notified holidays in advance. Special arrangements...

Xi’s old and young guns fill CMC

Two of the CMC members may have real combat experience, however, China has not fought a war since 1979.   In early August, when the General...

Xi’s old and young guns fill CMC

Two of the CMC members may have real combat experience, however, China has not fought a war since 1979.   In early August, when the General...

Xi’s old and young guns fill CMC

Two of the CMC members may have real combat experience, however, China has not fought a war since 1979.   In early August, when the General...

Decoding Xi’s work report to the 20th party congress

The emphasis has been given to ‘security’, ‘struggles’, winning ‘regional wars’ etc., terms that set the direction Xi Jinping would be heading in his...

Decoding Xi’s work report to the 20th party congress

The emphasis has been given to ‘security’, ‘struggles’, winning ‘regional wars’ etc., terms that set the direction Xi Jinping would be heading in his...

Decoding Xi’s work report to the 20th party congress

The emphasis has been given to ‘security’, ‘struggles’, winning ‘regional wars’ etc., terms that set the direction Xi Jinping would be heading in his...

The second decade of Xi Jinping

The plenary session agreed that the ‘major achievements’ of the Party and the country in the last five years are the result of the...

The second decade of Xi Jinping

The plenary session agreed that the ‘major achievements’ of the Party and the country in the last five years are the result of the...

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