Chinese Politics
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Xi Jinping appointed as China’s president for record third term
All 2,952 members of the Chinese Parliament voted in his favour.
Scroll Staff
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Xi Jinping re-elected as Chinese Communist Party’s general secretary for third term
Besides Xi, only party founder Mao Zedong has been elected thrice to the post.
Scroll Staff
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Is ‘Chinese democracy’ really a democracy?
Maintaining its claim to democracy is as important to the Chinese Communist Party’s legitimacy as its revolutionary history.
Sor-hoon Tan, The Loop
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Constitution does not allow preferential treatment for religious majority: SC judge BV Nagarathna
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‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ review: Duck-and-dive comedy is a hit-and-miss affair
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Interview: India’s exaggerated value and the danger of S Jaishankar’s ‘new world order’ posturing
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Political leaders in Nepal object to ‘Akhand Bharat’ mural in new Parliament
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Who was the photographer who took these dehumanising images of the Madras famine?
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China’s new school textbooks reflect the rise of ‘Grandpa’ Xi’s personality cult
While prior textbooks were focused on the Communist Party, the new versions centre on China’s paramount leader.
Shih-Wen Sue Chen, The Conversation & Sin Wen Lau, The Conversation
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Xi Jinping has put his stamp on China’s history, but does he have the same support as Mao and Deng?
Both Mao and Deng had well-established political authority that was in many ways independent of their formal positions in the Chinese Communist Party.
David S G Goodman, The Conversation
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Can Xi become China’s new emperor? A crucial meet of the Communist Party will decide
The 300 members of the party’s central committee will chart a course for Beijing’s next five-year political cycle at the sixth plenum.
Tony Walker, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: Comedian parodies journalist’s responses about nanochip in Sengol, wrestlers’ medals and more
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Watch: Angry football fans heckle referee and his family, throw chair at him after their team lost
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Watch: Joe Biden trips and falls at the US Air Force Academy graduation, jokes he ‘got sandbagged’
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Watch: How DRI, Coast Guard officers recovered over 32 kg gold from under the sea in Tamil Nadu
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Watch: Rare all-white panda caught on camera at nature reserve in Sichuan, China
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Who is Xu Zhangrun, the latest dissident silenced by the Chinese state?
The detained professor has been a vocal critic of Xi Jinping’s Mao-style leadership and handling of the Covid-19 crisis.
Chongyi Feng, The Conversation
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Is China’s Xi a bold thinker, a tireless anti-corruption crusader or a 21st century emperor?
There are no easy answers. Though the truth may lie in looking for multiple imperfect analogies and comparing them.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, The Conversation
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Xi Jinping re-elected president of China, term limit abolished
None of the nearly 3,000 members of the Great Hall of the People voted against him.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Scoop’ review: A flat view of a highly irregular case of police overreach
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‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ review: Duck-and-dive comedy is a hit-and-miss affair
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‘School of Lies’ review: An overloaded saga of secrets and trauma
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‘Mumbaikar’ review: A dated, draining exercise
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Review: In ‘Fire in the Mountains’, the enormous burden of womanhood
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Xi Jinping can remain China’s president for life as Parliament abolishes term limit
The Great Hall of the People passed a constitutional amendment removing the clause that restricted the president’s tenure to two consecutive terms.
Scroll Staff
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Xi Jinping’s ‘lifetime presidency’ could change China – for better or worse
The president wants to do away with term limits. That’s bad news for corrupt officials – and for the Chinese people.
Dylan Loh Ming Hui, The Conversation
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Chinese President Xi Jinping foiled a plot to take over leadership, says official
The head of China’s securities watchdog said the president and the Communist Party leadership ‘saved the party, saved the military and saved the country.’
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Pro League: Harmanpreet Singh – ‘We are not letting the two losses last week play on our minds’
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IPL 2023: MS Dhoni doing well after knee surgery, confirms CSK CEO
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Molestation, demand for sexual favours: What wrestlers alleged in FIR against Brij Bhushan Singh
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Cricket: Shweta Sehrawat to lead India ‘A’ squad at ACC Emerging Women’s Asia Cup 2023
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Sports world daily: Altmaier stuns Sinner at Roland Garros; Messi’s Barcelona return difficult