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China: Daily Scan, April 6, 2022

China sincerely wants peace in Ukraine: Xinhuanet

April 5, 2022

China hopes Russia and Ukraine would stick to peace talks until a ceasefire agreement is reached and the only thing that China wants is peace in Ukraine, State Coun....

April 06, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Xi Jinping , Ukraine , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Huawei , Hong Kong , Shanghai , Omicron , Washington , JL-10 trainer

China: Daily Scan, March 30, 2022

Chinese premier stresses safeguarding women, children's rights: Xinhuanet

March 29, 2022

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has stressed pushing forward with the ongoing campaign against women and children trafficking and stepping up ef....

March 30, 2022 Russia , Xi Jinping , Coronavirus , Hong Kong , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , Xizang

China: Daily Scan, March 29, 2022

Senior provincial official under probe: Xinhuanet

March 29, 2022

Hao Chunrong, vice governor of northeast China's Liaoning Province, is under investigation for suspected serious violations of discipline and law. The probe is bei....

March 29, 2022 Russia , Coronavirus , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , Jilin

China: Daily Scan, March 17, 2022

Former Supreme Court official indicted for graft: Xinhuanet

March 17, 2022

Meng Xiang, former chief of the enforcement bureau of the Supreme People's Court, has been indicted on charges of taking bribes, the Supreme People's Pro....

March 17, 2022 Ukraine , Coronavirus , China Daily Digest , Xinjiang , E-Commerce , Tencent , Alibaba

China: Daily Scan, March 15, 2022

Report on Work of NPC Standing Committee: Xinhuanet

March 14, 2022

Following is the full text of the Report on the Work of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC). Delivered by chairman of the NPC Standing....

March 15, 2022 Russia , NPC , Xi Jinping , Ukraine , Coronavirus , China Daily Digest , Xinjiang , J-20 , DJI

Vietnam PM in Japan: Major Take Aways

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh paid a 4-day official visit from 22 to 25 November to Japan to have discussion with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on furthering economic and security cooperation between Japan and Vietnam. Chinh ....

December 03, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , South China Sea , Cyber-security , Coronavirus , Supply chains , Senkaku Islands , East China Sea , Pham Minh Chinh , Fumio Kishida , ODA

Floodgates Open in Japanese Politics after Suga’s Exit

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

In a surprise announcement on 3 September, days after Tokyo Olympics 2020 ended, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that he will not run in the upcoming Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election scheduled for 29 September. This means ....

September 08, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Coronavirus , House of Representatives , Yoshihide Suga , Taro Kono , Fumio Kishida , Shigeru Ishiba , Yoshiro Mori , Sanae Takaichi , vaccination , revolving-door’ prime ministers , regicide

Japan’s Four-day Workweek Proposal Unlikely to Work

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Japan and Japanese are known for their famously workaholic corporate culture. There are cases in which companies have forced employees to put extra hours, thereby driving some to commit suicide and giving rise to the word karoshi or “death from ove....

July 07, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Coronavirus , Abe Shinzo , Yoshihide Suga , karoshi , four-day workweek , Womenomics , OECD , top-down system , corporate culture , Microsoft

A Case for Tokyo Olympics Cancellation

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

At the time of writing, the Tokyo Olympics are on but there is a strong case for its cancellation in view of the extraordinary situation before it is too late as lives are at stake. The ferocity of the rampaging pandemic shows no signs of ebbing out ....

June 09, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Coronavirus , Pandemic , Tokyo Olympics , Yoshihide Suga , Seiko Hashimoto , IOA , super-spreader , Kosuke Takahashi , Taro Kono , Thomas Bach , Sir Keith Mills