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Nov 13, 20231 min read
Chinese intrigues
By Prof. (Dr.) Srikanth Kondapalli The Chinese are not strangers to their ministers disappearing or being dismissed. In a sign of chinks...
SIS Blog
Mar 24, 20234 min read
Pursuing United Front against the West-Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli Despite expectations that Xi would come out with an action plan on peace in Ukraine, there was no concrete...
SIS Blog
Jan 5, 20233 min read
Xi’s revenge
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli The ‘you are on your own now’ policy came following nationwide protests in late November against Xi’s...
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Dec 6, 20223 min read
China Churning: Can Xi Jinping Retain Premiership Amid Protests & Party Crisis?
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli From COVID to Economy, China is witnessing its strongest resistance since the Tiananmen Square incident in...
SIS Blog
Nov 11, 20223 min read
Xi Jinping, the new Mao
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli The 20th Communist Party Congress in China signalled a total centralisation of powers in the person of Xi...
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Nov 4, 20224 min read
Will Xi Jinping’s ‘Yes Men’ Fulfil His Vision of Making China a World Leader?
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli The current politburo standing committee members, all Xi loyalists, owe their rise to Xi and can bend to his...
SIS Blog
Oct 28, 20225 min read
China’s New Pantheon Is Cast in Xi Jinping’s Image
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli The ‘Chairman of Everything’ has demolished all factions, ruthlessly sidelined senior leaders, and placed...
SIS Blog
Oct 26, 20224 min read
A new modernization choice for world
By Prof. Swaran Singh In his speech at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Sunday, CPC...
SIS Blog
Oct 19, 20225 min read
Xi’s Forward Plan: After Taiwan, Galwan, Where Would the Buck Stop for China?
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli Xi reiterated in work report to safeguard China’s dignity and core interests which has major implications...
SIS Blog
Sep 26, 20224 min read
Xi might want to quickly forget his Samarkand outing
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli When Xi visited Samarkand on September 16, what surprised many analysts was that he made no major...
SIS Blog
Aug 1, 20225 min read
Biden-Xi talks: Semantics sideline the substantive
By Prof. Swaran Singh Much more should be expected of seasoned leaders like Joe Biden and Xi Jinping than they have shown during their...
SIS Blog
Jun 22, 20224 min read
China's Chequered Games: Are Xi Jinping's Days of Glory Over or Will He Prevail?
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli Since early 2022, clear political signals are visible to Xi’s relative decline. Let's read tea leaves for...
SIS Blog
Jun 6, 20224 min read
Trouble in Middle Kingdom: Xi-Li tussle comes to the fore
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli In terms of leadership succession, Xi prefers his “new Zhijiang Army” to take over the sixth generation of...
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