Xi is looking towards the promoted technocrats to achieve his home-spurred scientific innovation goal and ensure they can’t challenge him at the next Party Congress.
China didn't put out a single narrative on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. But there is no doubt that Beijing is uneasy about the Russian army’s dismal performance in Ukraine.
China and India’s approach to international cooperation may appear to be different in multiple spheres, but when it comes to climate change, there are many areas of convergence.
Xi securing a third term was a forgone conclusion, but the 20th Party Congress is far more pivotal as his consolidation of power isn’t some speculative op-ed.
CCP elders who had picked Xi Jinping in 2007 believing him to be more easily controllable sat listening to his speech at the 20th Party Congress on Monday.
China doesn’t want to interfere in the affairs of other countries while playing a central role in shaping a new world order. It's all about 'Xiplomacy'.
The Chinese term for deterrence differs from the English term in International Relations literature. China combines deterrence and compellence strategies.
China's regional officials lobby ministries for infrastructure projects at their high-end 'Beijing offices' where they also operate hotels, bars, restaurants, karaoke boxes.
On 4 April 1968, Bansgaon MP Molhu Prasad delivered a speech in the Lok Sabha on the atrocities against the Scheduled Castes and their negligible representation despite reservation.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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