Of all the changes the Cultural Revolution brought to Chinese society, the most crucial was Mao's purge of numerous Communist Party officials—including Xi Jinping’s father, Xi Zhongxun.
Tibet's sovereignty, India's policies, and the CIA's support for Tibetan autonomy played key roles in the India-China War of 1962, with lasting impacts on relations between the two nations.
Andrea Benvenuti’s ‘Nehru’s Bandung’ explores a neglected aspect of India’s Cold War diplomacy, starting with Jawaharlal Nehru and Congress’ role in organising the 1955 Bandung Conference.
In ‘Crosswinds’, Vijay Gokhale looks at India’s attempt to carve out a place for itself in the Indo-Pacific in the midst of the Cold War and the role China played in it.
As Xi Jinping takes stock of the domestic and global situation ahead of his third term as president, his party, economy, and Chinese society could turn into adversaries.
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.
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.
Kuomintang legislator Wayne Chiang Wan-an, 43, currently serves as a legislator in Taiwan’s parliament. His great grandfather is seen as a ‘dictator’ by some & a ‘hero’ by others.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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