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Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: PTI)

Xi Jinping orders China Army to be combat-ready

Mr Xi, 64, began his second tenure on Thursday by holding a meeting of top military officials, regarded as a main source...

28 Oct 2017 12:47 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping (front row, center) stands with his cadres during the closing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

Party of the People?' No women make it to China's Politburo

Women are chronically under-represented among the political elite.

27 Oct 2017 1:27 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping (front row, center) stands with his cadres during the closing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

Xi Jinping cements power, on same page as Mao Zedong

Party enshrines Xi's political thought into constitution Xi attains iconic status enjoyed by Mao Zedong.

24 Oct 2017 8:01 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects Hong Kong Garrisons PLA at the Shek Kong Barracks in Hong Kong. (Photo: AP)

The spreading cult of Xi: Does China have a new Mao Zedong?

The move depicts the personality cult surrounding Mao Zedong, whose picture was in every home.

15 Nov 2017 8:32 AM

The future of China is not rosy, but perhaps the most surprising aspect is that Muslim nations around the world are keeping mum about the fate of the Uyghurs; nobody has so far dared to question China about its Muslim policy.

Targeting India from within: Are we ready to foil China's strategy?

Coming back to the Chinese, just a few instances of the gross misdemeanour of its nationals (in India) will suffice.

29 Nov 2018 7:05 PM

Chinas legendary revolutionary leader Mao Zedong (Photo: AFP)

Chinese lesson: How not to tackle radicalisation

Following the 9/11 carnage and inter-linkages of various terror groups, the US treasury dept had designated the ETIM as...

27 Nov 2018 7:14 PM

Xi, who has concentrated power, accumulated titles and purged potential rivals since becoming head of state in 2013, could remain president for life. (Photo: File)

Xi prepares for lifetime rule stoking fears of elite rebellion,' Mao...

But Xi, 64, has adopted Mao's playbook, tightening his grip with a relentless crackdown on civil society and corruption.

26 Feb 2018 7:45 AM

China on Saturday deployed its troops in Hong Kong for the first time since the unprecedented pro-democracy protests began in the former British colony more than five months ago over a proposed extradition law, with soldiers in plain clothes clearing the roadblocks. (Photo: AP)

Hong Kong's authorities have dug themselves a hole and there's no way...

The authorities declared that the protesters holed up on the campus, most of them students, had no option other than to...

20 Nov 2019 9:00 PM

Dandi March, 7 April 1930.

Documenting the Red and White

A photography exhibition lays bare the parallels between the two revolutionaries, Gandhi and Mao Zedong.

12 March 2019 6:53 PM

Xi and other top officials visited Maos mausoleum which is located in Tiananmen Square in Beijing and bowed three times to the late leaders statues. (Photo: ANI)

China President Xi Jinping bows to Mao Zedong ahead of National Day...

The controversial leader's embalmed body is kept in a glass display at the memorial hall.

30 Sept 2019 9:22 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)

Whistleblower spurs China push for change

The announcement of the surge in new cases happened as the Hubei provincial and Wuhan municipal party secretaries were...

26 Feb 2020 1:05 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | With cinema as guide, is conflict the destiny of India &...

Let's begin with Breaking with Old Ideas on China during Mao's Great Leap Forward

16 July 2020 11:54 AM