Tag: China
200 Years of Frederick Engels and the question of “Authority”
Reading Time: 6 minutes As Frederick Engels turned 200 on November 28th 2020, we turn to his views on “authority” in the context of working class’s quest for power.
Is the Quad used by the US to provoke an India-China war?
Reading Time: 6 minutes The recent speech by Mike Pompeo at the Quad foreign ministers’ meet in Tokyo proves that the US is keen to provoke an India-China war soon.
Fact check: No, the Chinese PLA soldiers crying in the video aren’t afraid but singing
Reading Time: 3 minutes Recently, Indian mainstream media outlets like Zee News and Times Now published a story showing a video of a few soldiers of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) crying. Citing […]
Rajeev Sharma – the spy or the victim of press clampdown?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The arrest of journalist Rajeev Sharma, accused of spying for China, raises unpleasant questions for the Delhi Police and the government.
China’s strategic retreat from Galwan valley opens scope for a long-lasting peace
Reading Time: 4 minutes China’s strategic retreat from Galwan valley defuses the present Indo-China border tension and opens the gateway to peaceful resolution of issues.
Flaws of personalised diplomacy of narcissist leaders
Reading Time: 5 minutes This comment article critiques how authoritarian narcissist personality of a populist leader and his style of governance impacts the nation. All is well when everything goes well. Victory is easy even when governance is failing the people continually.
Why a Sino-Indian military face-off needs de-escalation, not chest-thumping?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Up in the Himalayas, there is a peculiar turn of events this week as the Sino-Indian military face-off in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan River valley has turned ugly on the night […]
What’s inside the India-China military standoff in eastern Ladakh?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The India-China military standoff in eastern Ladakh seriously jeopardises bilateral relations and peace, therefore, it must be resolved through dialogue now
Why does Trump say that China is responsible for spreading Coronavirus?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Why does Trump say that China is responsible for spreading Coronavirus when all evidence proves otherwise? What should Beijing do to stop Trump and the US?
Fake news alert: No, China didn’t give Pakistan masks made of underwears!
Reading Time: 5 minutes No, China didn’t send masks made of underwear to Pakistan as claimed in a video circulated on social media and publicised by the Indian mainstream media.
Coronavirus: Is India ready for the menace?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Is India ready to tackle the coronavirus (COVID-19) menace? Can Indian public healthcare system tackle an epidemic outbreak in any metro city?
The Uyghur persecution: Facts, fiction and propaganda
Reading Time: 5 minutes The internet is full of stories about purported Chinese atrocities on Uyghur Muslims. Is China really persecuting them? What’s the fact and what’s fiction?
Xi-Modi’s Mamallapuram informal summit was much ado about nothing
Reading Time: 4 minutes If the “informal summit” between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is analysed, one will see it’s much ado about nothing.
At 70, China lost the socialist shell for its capitalist yolk
Reading Time: 20 minutes At 70, People’s Republic of China has lost the socialist cause with which Mao Zedong founded it to Deng’s capitalism. An in-depth analysis of PRC at 70.
Hong Kong protests over extradition bill, funded by the CIA aims at recolonising the island
Reading Time: 6 minutes The Hong Kong protests, growing violent each day, is a handiwork of the CIA’s notorious National Endowment for Democracy to recolonise the island.
Kashmir Issue: Claims and Conspiracies
Reading Time: 5 minutes Looking into the Kashmir problem beyond the myopic narrative set by the India-Pakistan duet. Looking into the Kashmir issue from the people’s point of view.
China Arrests Student Leader for Celebrating Mao Zedong’s Birthday
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Chinese government has arrested a Marxist student leader from Peking University for attempting to celebrate 125th birth anniversary of Mao Zedong.
Chinese Rulers’ Mao Paranoia Gets Intense With Revival of Red-Dissent
Reading Time: 6 minutes There is a new wind of dissent blowing within China, which is seriously causing gargantuan trouble to the ruling elites of the Chinese Communist Party, as this time it’s not […]
Victory of Imran Khan in Pakistan: Far Less Than Change of Guard
Reading Time: 8 minutes Pakistan underwent the second largest democratic transition of power in its tryst with a strange version of parliamentary democracy during the last seven decades of its pitiful existence. More than […]
Crisis in the Maldives Can’t be Solved Through Foreign Intervention
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Maldives is in turmoil after the declaration of a 15-day long Emergency by President Abdulla Yameen, who face stringent opposition in the small island-nation he has been ruling since […]