Category: Political Parties

• The Chinese Communist Party Turns 100

  How has the Chinese Communist Party survived so long in power? And where is it headed?

• From Akshayapatra to Begging Bowl

  India’s poor response to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic will also have wider foreign policy ramifications for the country

• Chinese Behaviour Both Target and Model for Indian Foreign Policy

  India’s foreign policy under the BJP increasingly resembles Chinese foreign policy under the CPC in words and spirit.

• Chinese Communists in in India: Much Ado About Nothing?

  Membership of the CPC is essential to success in any kind of activity in China. CPC members will, therefore, be found in every institution in China, and in every Chinese organisation abroad.

• Book : China’s Search for ‘National Rejuvenation’: Domestic and Foreign Policies under Xi Jinping

  Asian perspectives on China’s domestic and foreign policies

• Journal Article : China’s External Propaganda during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Jabin T. Jacob, ‘“To Tell China’s Story Well”: China’s International Messaging during the COVID-19 Pandemic’, China Report, Vol. 56, No. 3 August 2020. 374-392. Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic has dented China’s image as an efficient Party-state given how an effort to cover up the outbreak and the resulting delays in reporting led to the virus spreading…

• Confused and Confusing: The PM’s Official Statements About 15 June

  Prime Minister Modi’s statement at the All Party Meeting on 19 June ended up casting doubt on India’s own behaviour and claims along the LAC and actually encourages further Chinese assertiveness all along disputed sectors on the LAC as well as the temptation to open up fresh disputes.

• A Growing Chinese Presence in Nepal

  China’s influence in Nepal has grown in recent years but in many instances, the Chinese have merely stepped into breaches created either by India’s inability to keep its promises or by its insensitivity.

• Incompetence, Insecurity and an Epidemic

  Freedom of speech and the diversity of opinion that it engenders are not a reflection of seditious tendencies endangering state security even if they might threaten the regime in power.