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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: CCP

Women are missing from Chinese politics. CCP is a boys’ club

Under Xi, the CCP’s political structure has become even more centralised and male-dominated. Power increasingly revolves around a tight inner circle of male loyalists.

Chinese Communist Party elite body replaces 11 members at key meeting, highest since 2017

Beijing: The elite Central Committee of China's ruling Communist Party replaced 11 members at a key meeting, Xinhua reported on Thursday, its highest personnel...

US to ‘aggressively revoke’ visas of Chinese students with CCP links, studying in critical fields

Action against Chinese students comes amid Trump administration’s wider crackdown on international students, coinciding with rising tensions between the US and China.

2 sessions in Beijing show the country isn’t just evolving but fully turning into Xi’s China

The objective has been to portray China as adept at managing external relations despite existing disparities, although the reality appears different.

Xi’s anti-corruption drive will impact Chinese military. Beijing’s ambitions take a setback

As the Chinese state took control of land rights across the country, the CCP cadre suddenly had enormous power to transfer land for state activities.

Xi’s men are falling off the wall one by one. Even extreme loyalty doesn’t guarantee safety

For centuries, dictators have used arbitrary terror, so no one knows for certain which actions might be punished, to what extent, and when.

Chinese economy won’t go bust but get caught in Japan-like limbo. It’s a test of Xi’s model

Renminbi trade to sky-high debts, China is seeing signs of economic distress everywhere. Xi's ‘muddling through’ strategy is just a politically viable option.

CCP war isn’t just over chip & military. NYT shows it’s a battle of ideology & influence

China's network of influence operations has been active for some time, but the new details in the NYT article brought together how Beijing seeks to exert influence through proxies.

CCP’s annual retreat is not a vacation. There’s a leadership crisis in China’s Rocket Force

Rocket Force, which manages China’s nuclear weapons arsenal, saw a leadership shake-up, confirming rumours about an investigation into its previous commanders.

Chinese foreign minister’s mysterious dismissal shows Xi’s China is a black box. No spills

Qin Gang’s meteoric rise as a diplomat surprised many. It wouldn’t be a stretch to suggest that he may have made some enemies.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.