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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, 2023
- 4 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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...
SIS Blog
- Dec 6, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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...
SIS Blog
- Nov 4, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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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