Raj Gupta

Raj Gupta is a PhD. Scholar, from the Centre for Chinese and South-East Asian Studies, JNU, New Delhi. He was nominated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development to pursue Advanced Chinese at Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) in 2019-2020 and was awarded JRF in Chinese by the UGC in 2019.

Contributions

CPC’s 20th Congress: End of an Era, the Dawn of Another

November 16, 2022 Raj Gupta

The curtains drew close on the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on 22nd October 2022. The CPC’s national congresses are one of the most important gatherings not only for China as elite politics witness personnel changes ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, China, CPC, Politics, Xi Jinping, Politburo, 20th Party Congress, Communist Party of China, Politburo Standing Committee

Galwan: A Centrepiece of CPC’s Military Propaganda

June 01, 2022 Raj Gupta

A standoff between India and China that started in May 2020, eventually leading up to the deadly clashes on June 15, saw 20 and 4 (though some reports put PLA’s toll at 38-40 killed) soldiers reported dead by India and China respectively. Although ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, India, China, CPC, PLA, Social Media, Galwan, Propaganda, Winter Olympics, Pangong lake, Qi Fabao

Domestic and International Implications of China’s Digital Yuan

April 22, 2021 Raj Gupta

Abstract/Summary The concept of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) seems to have gained traction over the past few years and is well past the stage of conception. With around 86% of the world's central banks engaged in CBDC related wo...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, US, China, Cryptocurrencies, surveillance, US Dollar, Ant Group IPO, authoritarianism, blockchain technology, BRI nations, digital Yuan, PBOC, SWIFT, Winter Olympics