NATIONAL SECURITY WISHLIST: SOME EXAMPLES FROM CHINA

Fernand Braudel, academic and historian of the early 20th Century, is widely credited with the statement that “The geography of a region plays a significant role in shaping its history.”…

By Brigadier Sanal Kumar (Retd)

Success or Failure: Beijing Winter Olympics Is Bad News for the World

Fourteen years ago, China conducted the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The games were a success, and the biggest beneficiary was Xi Jinping. He was Vice President of China and…

By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)

Unleashing Reforms, Xi Returns to China’s Socialist Roots

BEIJING (Reuters) -When Xi Jinping took command of the Communist Party in late 2012 and proclaimed "only socialism can save China", it was largely ignored as the perfunctory mention of…

By PTI and Chanakya Forum

Chinese Communist Party, leading the world’s second-biggest economic power, a secret society

Beijing [China] July 7 (ANI): China's ruling Communist Party, which leads the world's second-biggest economic power, is characterised by secrecy. It was founded as an illegal Marxist underground movement in…

Chinese Whispers at Two Sessions 2021

The annual meetings of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), called two sessions, are the most important political meetings of the year in…