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‘Great Rejuvenation’ of the Chinese Nation to Continue: Xi’s Message at the CCP Centenary Celebrations

The Chinese Communist Party celebrated its 100th birth anniversary. CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered a much anticipated speech on the occasion. Being a centenary speech, it had obvious political significance. It sums up the state of affair....

July 06, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Xi , CCP , PLA , Party Congress , Centenary , China rejuvenation

Xi Jinping is Taking Steps to Avoid any Surprise by the Opposition

Jayadeva Ranade Article

It would be unwise today to discount reports of opposition to Chinese President Xi Jinping. This especially since opposition to him burst into the open first in 2017-2018 when Xi Jinping abolished term limits for the top Party posts at the 18th Party....

June 29, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , Politburo , CCP , PLA , 20th Party Congress , Colour Revolution , political security , princelings

Fears of Colour Revolution in People’s Liberation Army

Jayadeva Ranade Article

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the sword arm of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its recruits swear an oath of loyalty to the Party. The evening that Xi Jinping took over China’s top three positions of General Secretary of the CCP Cen....

June 17, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CMC , CCP , PLA , political commissar , Colour Revolution , young soldiers

Xi Jinping and CCP Leadership Wary of Colour Revolution before 20th Party Congress

Jayadeva Ranade Article

Anxiety in the leadership echelons of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of the possibility of a "colour revolution" in China has transparently risen in the past month or so. While Chinese cadres, including Xi Jinping, have harboured such apprehension....

June 11, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , PLA , 20th Congress , Colour Revolution , Ministry of Public Security

Signs of Disquiet in Chinese Communist Party as 20th Congress Draws Near

Jayadeva Ranade Article

Amid efforts by Chinese President Xi Jinping to marshal resources to imprint his image on people's minds as one among those in the pantheon of China's Greats, there are signs of possible disquiet in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The 20th C....

May 19, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , PLA , Hongkong , Deng Xiaopeng , People's Daily , Party history , Tiananmen , Tibetan issues , Wen Jiabao

China’s Communist Party Revises its History yet again in time for use by Xi Jinping

Jayadeva Ranade Article

History and the power of the narrative have always been important to authoritarian regimes. Communist regimes have elevated their importance by using them to indoctrinate entire generations with sanitised versions of events authorised by those in pow....

April 29, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , Cultural Revolution , Deng Xiaoping , Mao Zedong , Great Leap Forward , Tiananmen Square

China-Pakistan Strategic Nexus: Implications for India

Jayadeva Ranade Article

The growing China-Pakistan nexus raises the threat to India. Their strategic and territorial interests have been cemented by the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). With the flow of Chinese military power into Pakistan, China veritably straddles....

April 16, 2021 Pakistan , Article , China , CCP , CPEC , PLA , Gwadar , Ladakh , Two Front war , Western Theatre Command , J &K

Tibet is Headed for Major Changes

Jayadeva Ranade Article

The People's Daily on March 25, 2021, published a lengthy 3975-character article authored by Che Dalha (in Chinese: Qi Zala), Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). Che Dalha’s important article, which included nine mentions of Xi Jinping, ....

April 02, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Tibet , Article , NPC , CCP , Dalai Lama , Tibetans , Mandarin , Border Defence villages , Hans , Putonghua , Sinicisation , Sichuan-Tibet railway

China is Replacing Ethnic Languages with Mandarin

Jayadeva Ranade Article

Wary of efforts by the US and West to bring about the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), particularly as memories of the disintegration of the erstwhile Soviet Union and collapse of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) still rem....

February 18, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , CCP , Han , Mandarin , Mongolian , Tibetan , United Front Work

Xi Jinping Further Strengthens Chinese Communist Party’s ‘Magic Weapon’-The United Front Work Department

Jayadeva Ranade Article

China is making efforts to arrest the slide in US-China relations and lower temperatures after Joe Biden takes over as President on January 20. In addition to Chinese Politburo member and former Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi’s plans for visiting Was....

January 19, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , rejuvenation of Chinese nation , United Front Work Department , UFWD