Much of the gloss has faded from China's and Chairman Xi Jinping's dream of an irrepressible rise to the pinnacle of world power. Poor handling of the COVID-19 crisis, a struggling economy, difficult demographic realities, social disillusionment at home, aggrieved neighbors over China's poor
The Indian delegation was led by Gourangalal Das, Joint Secretary (East Asia), Ministry of External Affairs and the Chinese delegation was led by Hong Liang, Director General of the Boundary and Oceanic Affairs Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA), China's party-controlled military, has been hit by yet another high-profile scandal. Chairman Xi Jinping has been charge of the PLA for twelve years, but the organization seems little cleaner than when he started his ferocious anti-graft campaign.
Admiral Miao Hua (69) heads the Political Work Department of the CMC. He is considered a close protege of Xi Jinping, and had served as a political officer in the army in Fujian when Xi was a local official there in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Admiral Miao Hua, a member of the influential Central Military Commission (CMC), China's highest military authority chaired by Xi, is being investigated for "serious violations of discipline"--a term often used to refer to corruption, according to Defense Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian dur
A significant forum, titled "Symposium on Finding Common Ground," was held at National Chengchi University in Taiwan on November 23-24. The event focused on the impact of US legislation on Tibet, the evolving global political landscape, and the growing authoritarianism under China's Presiden
India-China needs to move from disengagement to de-escalation to further build trust and confidence, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told Chinese Defence Minister, Admiral Dong Jun in Laos on Wednesday.
Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said China issued an "unmistakable false" statement concerning Taiwan after Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 15 on the sidelines of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Tuesday (local time) said that External Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi reviewed the progress in the recent disengagement in the India-China border areas at the sidelines of G20 Summit in Brazil.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders posed for a family photo at the 19th edition of G20 Leaders' Summit.
Rampant youth unemployment in China has left millions of young people struggling, staying at home, depending on delivery gigs, or increasingly engaging in the growing trend of "pretending to go to work."