What we can learn about Xi's rule by studying his father's lifeA new biography explores the life of Xi Zhongxun, father of China's current leader, Xi Jinping. It examines why Xi Jinping's rule echoes Ma...
03 Jun, 2025, 10.20 AM IST
Trump showed his pain point in his standoff with ChinaTrump blinked in the face of financial turmoil -- particularly, a rapid rise in government bond yields that could shake the dominant positi...
11 Apr, 2025, 10.45 PM IST
Trump making sneakers? China’s viral AI memes take trade war trolling to wild new heightsAmidst escalating trade tensions, China is using AI-generated memes and videos to mock the United States, targeting figures like Donald Tru...
11 Apr, 2025, 04.36 PM IST
Dalai Lama says his successor to be born outside ChinaThe Dalai Lama, in his new book, has announced that his successor will be born outside China, asserting the continuation of Tibetan leaders...
11 Mar, 2025, 11.36 AM IST
Xi Jinping - A princeling turned China's Mao 2.0Ten years on at the 20th Congress in Beijing which concluded on Saturday, it was 69-year-old Xi's turn to hand over the reins to a successo...
23 Oct, 2022, 10.41 AM IST
China's dark economic picture may impact Xi Jinping's quest to secure third term, say expertsMeanwhile, the predictions made by West of the political demise of the Chinese premier upon rising internal opposition are understandable a...
03 Oct, 2022, 11.43 PM IST
'Xi thought' to be enshrined in China constitutionThe top decision-making Politburo decided at a Friday meeting to "write major theoretical points of view and major strategic thinking into ...
10 Sep, 2022, 12.43 AM IST
Xi Jinping: China's most powerful leader since Mao ZedongXi has amassed seemingly unchecked power and a level of officially-stoked adulation unseen since Communist China's founder Mao.
30 Aug, 2022, 06.26 PM IST
With propaganda push, China's Communist Party celebrates 100 yearsAs the party prepares to mark its 100th anniversary on Thursday, it has put a propaganda campaign into overdrive with movies, history tours...
28 Jun, 2021, 01.21 PM IST
Marxist-Leninist tenets drive China quest: ReportThe ideological driving force behind China’s quest for global dominance flows from an authoritarian, “overarching sensibility” based on its...
23 Nov, 2020, 10.52 AM IST
Mao Zedong’s strategy, not Jawaharlal Nehru’s policy, led to 1962 war with China: LintnerThe other reason which fed into the first was the Tibet question and the flight of the Dalai Lama to India in 1959.
12 Jul, 2018, 03.29 PM IST
Jawaharlal Nehru sought US assistance during 1962 Indo-China war"Mao's focus was on Nehru, but a defeat of India would also be a setback for two of Mao's enemies: (Nikita) Khrushchev and Kennedy," Riedel...
14 Oct, 2015, 12.07 PM IST
Chinese President's 'Xi Dada Loves Peng Mama' video goes viralThe 3 minute and 21 second video contains 33 photos and 2 comic illustrations of the couple showing small details such as tacit eye contact...
24 Nov, 2014, 10.11 PM IST
Honggi, the made in China sedan to compete with AudiPanda diplomacy is a thing of the past. Diplomats and the Chinese elite now have a flashier option: Chairman Mao Zedong’s sedan.
03 Jun, 2013, 05.08 AM IST
- China's new 'princeling' leaders visit poor
China's new leaders have sought to strike rapport with the poor in remote villages, recalling the hardships they underwent during Mao Zedon...
04 Feb, 2013, 07.21 PM IST
- Leisure, back room politics await retiring Chinese leaders
While some may refrain from interfering in politics and seek more time for personal interests, others may dabble in behind the scene politi...
11 Nov, 2012, 04.28 PM IST
- India must revisit 1962 humiliation, admit blunders for catharsis
For India to grow out of the morass of humiliation, it must revisit that war, and admit to major blunders committed at every level.
10 Oct, 2012, 10.15 AM IST