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Thursday, October 30, 2025
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Topic: CCP

China’s ‘Century of humiliation’ never ended. It needs a Mandela or Gandhi now

Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping—All of them have contributed to humiliating the Chinese people to keep CCP in power and achieve personal glory.

How a rural bank fraud scandal in China led to protest against Xi Jinping’s security machine

Thousands lost access to their savings in a bank fraud case run by rural lenders in two Chinese provinces. Protests were met with violence & WeChat surveillance by the Communist Party.

How China’s Xi Jinping has amassed power over a decade

Xi is expected to secure a third term, becoming China's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong, signifying a change from collective leadership into what is seen as supreme leadership.

How Xi Jinping used ‘revolution’ instead of ‘nationalism’ to take control of China

The Chinese Communist Party of pre-Xi Jinping era was riddled with factionalism. Then Xi took over as CPC's General Secretary in 2012 and changed the system.

CCP sets date to ‘elect’ Xi Jinping for third term. And Chinese bloggers congratulate India

Beijing is offering New Delhi pantomime tropes like 'Asia for Asians' and 'Asian century'. China clearly misunderstands India’s interests.

Hu Chunhua has a chance at Chinese premiership and why it will have implications for India

Hu’s prominent role in Communist Youth League puts him squarely against the type of personalities and friends Xi has promoted.

1 in 5 Chinese youth unemployed. And the smart ones are going for CCP bureaucracy jobs

India-China relations are strained, but Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar’s recent remarks about the ‘Asian century’ were appreciated by the Chinese.

India prepares for late-night military talks with China, and Beijing glams up Galwan survivor

While Xi Jinping is feeling confident about the CCP's work in Xinjiang, Beijing's geopolitical game in the Pacific is slowly unfolding.

Is Li coming out of Xi’s shadow? His assertiveness is visible

Li has pledged support for the platform economy and digital sector. Significant, given Xi’s crackdown on the sector for ‘disorderly expansion of capital’.

Communist Youth League—that’s where Xi sees a political challenge coming from. He’s taming it

Despite Xi’s attempts to eliminate the league faction's influence, the CYL remains a dynamic organisation which will continue to influence Chinese politics.

On Camera

News channels dialled up the science on artificial rain all day — then asked us to pray

TV news channels assured viewers that once the cloud-seeding was completed, rain could be expected anytime. 'Jab chaho, baarish kar lo,' claimed Times Now Navbharat.

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.