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CHEW AN LAI | A POEM

In Moscow close to the Bolshoi, I was approached by Hou Noh Lai, I sensed it was his clear intent To share with me a document That from China he’d filtered out, Which he stated was all about Xi Jinping’s plans of brinksmanship To f....

June 05, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , democracy , Xi Jinping , Coronavirus , Moscow , Covid , Shanghai , CHEW AN LAI

Coronavirus and the Delayed “Two Sessions” of China

Dr Teshu Singh Article

Every year, the two biggest annual meetings of China takes place in March for two weeks, together they are called the “Two Sessions” or Lianghui. The two sessions include the plenary sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chin....

June 04, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , NPC , Xi Jinping , PLA , CPPCC , Coronavirus , Li Keqiang , COVID-19 , Hong Kong , Two Sessions , New Security Bill , US-China

China Study Group Report: Domestic Politics and Economy in China during COVID-19

Dr Teshu Singh Article

The Vivekananda international Foundation held a discussion on the developments in China amid the COVID-19 on 4 May 2020. The discussion focused on the Chinese President Xi Jinping and China's Domestic Politics and China's experience in the resumption....

May 26, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , South China Sea , NPC , Chinese economy , Xi Jinping , Taiwan , Wuhan , India-China relations , COVID-19 , Moderately Prosperous Society

What happened at World Health Assembly?

Amb K P Fabian Commentary

There is considerable confusion as to what happened in the diplomatic bridge game between rising China and declining US, declining at an accelerated pace under President Trump, who holding trumps got trumped badly by President Xi Jinping who finessed....

May 25, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , US , China , Xi Jinping , COVID-19 , World Health Assembly

HAIL TO THEE- THE CPC | A POEM

Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

THE SONG OF XI ( WITH MARTIAL MUSIC) Tibet now is under our yoke, We have made Dalai Lama broke, With monasteries in control And tight surveillance, it’s our goal, The reincarnation process Will be done under our duress. A....

May 22, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , democracy , CPC , Xi Jinping , Coronavirus , Shanghai , HAIL TO THEE

TAKING OFF CHINA’S XI-RT | A POEM

Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

The situation seems to be: To responsibility Xi-rk, The Chinese will Xi-lly shally, As long as delay will work To get them out of a Xi-t hole, So they make a lot of Xi-ndig, Knowing their armour has a WHO-le, They think that by some ....

April 28, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , Xi , Xi Jinping , Wuhan virus , WHO , COVID-19 , Coronavirus crisis

Coronavirus: China’s New Diplomacy

Dr Teshu Singh Article

As on 15April 2020, the total number of coronavirus cases are 1,986,936, with 125,953 deaths worldwide. The origin of the virus remains unknown. It is widely believed that virus jumped species and is traced to the “wet market” in Wuhan. It is bel....

April 18, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , US , China , South China Sea , Xi Jinping , Europe , HDFC , Wuhan , India-China relations , BRI , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Pandemic , PPE , CDC , Debt Trap , 20th Party Congress , API , Neighbourhood

Coronavirus: Role of the Chinese Government

Dr Teshu Singh Commentary

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General has praised China for its handling of the crisis and for “protecting the rest of the world”. The outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is the biggest diplomatic challenge for China in recent t....

March 04, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , ASEAN , Xi Jinping , Wuhan , WHO , COVID-19 , two-sessions , virus , the Wall Street Journal , Cambodia

Coronavirus: Can China Deal with it?

Dr Teshu Singh Article

Last year, amidst the US-China trade war, Chinese leader the Xi Jinping held a meeting with top Communist Party officials to warn about the surprise emergence of "black swan events" that could destabilise their 70-year rule. Perhaps the outbreak of C....

February 19, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , Wuhan , India-China trade , Coronavirus , SARS WHO , Weibo , Li Keqiang

Myanmar Round Up: January 2020 (A round up of selected English open source reports on Myanmar)

Jaideep Chanda Article

Myanmar charged into the New Year with high profile events dominating January 2020, viz. the visit by Xi Jinping; publication of the Independent Commission of Enquiry (ICOE) Report and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) interim verdict. In addi....

February 14, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , Xi Jinping , ICOE , ICJ Interim , Japan Myanmar Relations