Mao Zedong

China: Xi Jinping hails Mao’s thoughts on his 130th birth anniversary

Leading the celebrations, Xi gave a commemorative symposium at the Great Hall of the People, where he emphasised the need to advance the cause started by "Comrade Mao Zedong" and urged actions to pursue Chinese modernization in order to strengthen and revitalise China

War in Our Times | Misreading Chinese intentions can prove costly: Remembering the build-up to 1962

Mao’s role in the 1962 conflict with India was underplayed for years and it was only in the 1990s that a series of good writing from China emerged, revealing Mao’s impatience and irritation with Nehru’s growing influence in the developing world, and India’s unwillingness to let go of Aksai Chin

Chinese social media abuzz with 'tank dens' in Tibet chatter: Why India needs to heed seriously

Whether all details are confirmed in their entirety or not about the presence of 'tank dens' is an altogether different matter, but it should be a serious warning for India

Off-centre | The China-Pakistan Anti-India Axis: Decoding the Poonch and Dantewada attacks

The two recent attacks on India, one on our border with Pakistan and the other deep inside the Indian territory, indicate that much more needs to be done to overcome the country’s security threats, both external and internal

India must take a cue from China’s growing belligerence against Taiwan

China’s revivalism and revisionism aren’t limited to Taiwan alone. India is also a victim of the same

Global Watch | How Chinese spy agencies deceived the world through ‘Grains of Sand’ theory

For the CCP and Xi Jinping, the Chinese espionage network is the most effective tool to dominate the world. The world can underestimate Chinese intelligence at its own peril

Why Xi Jinping's third term as president rings alarm bells for India

While the third term presidency of Xi Jinping could be taken as a normal exercise as per the provisions of the so-called law prevalent in China, it does worry India on what lies ahead

Beyond The Lines | China’s Great Leap Backward — with Covid characteristics

Around 1.5 million people could die from Covid in the next few months in China. Like in the 1960s, the eventual numbers might even be fudged. Will the growing opposition turn into a colour revolution?

End of reason: Why statue vandalism, thought policing and rise of a 'woke' religion signal decline of liberalism

To a certain extent, this upheaval was due because the US never really got down to confront its racist past the way Germans did.

Vijay Gokhale’s paper on China’s India policy: Invaluable treatise fills critical gap in decoding Chinese motivations

Among the policy recommendations for India to shape China’s policy, Gokhale advocates resumption of political dialogue, a more consistent whole-of-government approach