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Eye On China

Chinese Communist Party’s three-child policy won’t work. It doesn’t make economic sense

Xi Jinping has spoken about relying on homegrown talent to tackle the challenges in science and technology. The three-child policy intends to fix the issue of shrinking workforce.

China wants to bust the cryptocurrency party but the Chinese people don’t

China accounts for more than 65% of Bitcoin mining every month. And the ban hasn’t stopped people from looking at alternate ways to buy cryptocurrencies.

India’s Covid tragedy is a propaganda tool for Chinese State. Not even dead are spared

On Chinese platforms Sina Weibo and Baidu, official accounts have posted messages mocking scenes of funeral pyres at India's cremation sites.

Xi’s China has big tech and science plans. But is looking worldwide for talent

It is said Chinese innovators work with one hand tied behind their backs. That won’t help the country’s tech ambitions.

Former Chinese premier Wen Jiabao’s essay on his mother is rattling Xi Jinping’s China

Wen Jiabao was Chinese premier from 2003 to 2013. His essay on his mother is more than what Xi’s China can like, share, subscribe.

H&M, Nike, Adidas cancelled? China can control social media, but not consumer behaviour

Burning Nikes and shutting H&M stores is just the latest nationalist backlash in China, but its roots lie in Western sanctions.

Joe Biden’s first contact with China runs into Communist Party’s propaganda war

Chinese propaganda after talks with US officials in Alaska has given Joe Biden another reason to continue Donald Trump's China policies.

China filling Hong Kong with ‘patriots’ means a new Macao is in the making

If the tensions between the US and China continue to simmer and transform into a full-blown ‘Cold War’, Hong Kong would be at the heart of the rivalry between the two powers.

Don’t get fooled by Xi’s media blitz. China’s ‘zero poverty’ hides more than it reveals

China wants the world to believe its 'state-led development' has eradicated poverty. But as everything else with China, the reality is more complicated than what it seems.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?