• 13 January, 2025
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Kazakhstan Intervention Presents Unwelcome Distraction for Putin

The sudden and violent crisis in Kazakhstan has caught Russian President Vladimir Putin at a moment when his attention was firmly focused elsewhere and forced him into a military intervention…

By PTI and Chanakya Forum

India’s Offensive Against China Should Be in the Grey Zone

Grey zone is not a fixed concept but a hypothetical place between peace and war. Until now grey zone activities were generally restricted to psychological warfare, subversion of political systems,…

By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)

China’s Xian airport suspended international passenger flights from Jan 5

BEIJING (Reuters) - The northwestern Chinese city of Xian suspended all international passenger flights from Jan. 5 at its airport until further notice, the official news agency Xinhua said on…

Factional Infighting in Chinese Communist Party

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) often comes across as a homogenous group to those studying China. This united front, however, is a carefully cultivated image that the CCP portrays –…

By Vikram Sood

Russia, China, Britain, U.S. and France say no one can win nuclear war

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China, Russia, Britain, the United States and France have agreed that a further spread of nuclear arms and a nuclear war should be avoided, according to a joint…

Ukraine Crisis : India’s Position – ‘Take No Sides’

Rising tensions in Europe around Ukraine is adding to the geopolitical complexities facing the world today. With Covid-19 still causing ravages in Europe and the US this would hardly be…

By Kanwal Sibal

Look to the future and stay focused, Xi tells China in New Year’s address

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of maintaining a "strategic focus" in his 2022 New Year address and of being mindful of "potential risks" in the…

Official Spokesperson’s response to a media query on reports that China has renamed some places in Arunachal Pradesh in its own language

n response to a media query on reports that China has renamed some places in Arunachal Pradesh in its own language, the Official Spokesperson Shri Arindam Bagchi said: "We have…

Hong Kong Stand News arrests ‘beyond reproach’ – Chinese embassy

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The police raid on Hong Kong media organisation Stand News this week was "completely lawful and beyond reproach", said a spokesperson with the Chinese embassy in Britain,…

Hong Kong court denies bail to former Stand News editors charged with sedition

By Clare Jim and Sara Cheng HONG KONG (Reuters) -Two former senior editors of Hong Kong's Stand News were charged with conspiring to publish seditious materials and denied bail by…

Xian battles COVID-19 in worst outbreak to hit a Chinese city this year

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's industrial and tech hub of Xian reported on Thursday more than 100 new cases of COVID-19, taking its tally of locally transmitted infections to the highest in…

Thousands message late Chinese COVID whistleblower doctor 2 years on

By Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Thousands of people left messages on the social media account of the late Chinese COVID-19 whistleblower Li Wenliang on the anniversary of the…

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