The fifth generation of the CPC leadership in China faces severe domestic challenges, chief among them, widespread corruption, increasing inequality, rising unemployment and growing regional disparities.
Category Archives: Comparative Politics
China Studies in India: Of Caste, Class and Capital
Higher education in India, including in Chinese Studies, remains a leisure activity – possible only for a select few who possess either the social capital and/or the financial means to stay invested in the field.
How Red is my Communist?
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) held its 20th Party Congress in Kozhikode, Kerala, in April. What does the CPI (M) think of its Chinese counterpart and how do the two parties compare?
Chen Guangcheng: One Blind Man in a Tale of Two Governments
What the Chen Guangcheng case says about Sino-US relations.
Migration and Exile at the Thai-Myanmar Border
A short account of a trip along the Thailand-Myanmar border made in July-August 2011 together with Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman and Brian Orland
The fall of Bo Xilai and some reflections on Indian politics
What does the exit of Bo Xilai say about the stability of the Chinese political system? And what lessons might be drawn for the Indian political system?
Institutionalizing the BCIM: The Next Steps
What institutions does BCIM need at the Track-1 level for achieving greater integration and coordination of mutually beneficial activities across borders? Is transnational governance is the ultimate goal? Will sub-national governments in the 4 countries be actively involved?
Regional Connectivity: The Gaps ‘on the Ground’
Despite the end of the Cold War and the rapid expansion of regionalism the world over, regional connectivity in the sub-region involving Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar (BCIM) has little to show by way of progress.
China in 2011: Through the Indian Looking Glass
Isn’t China, like India, a country of over a billion people? Who but Indians can really grasp the incredible complexities and myriad problems of a billion people living under one flag?
Thinking about China in India 