China's population drops for 2nd year, raises long-term growth concerns

China's population drops for 2nd year, raises long-term growth concerns

This photo shows people posing next to a newly renovated statue of a pair of parents and three children in Hankou Park next to the Yangtze River in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province. China’s population decline accelerated in 2023, official data showed on January 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP China’s population fell for … Read more

A sense of crisis has defined Xi’s rule. It will shape China well into the future | CNN

A sense of crisis has defined Xi’s rule. It will shape China well into the future | CNN

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. Hong Kong CNN  —  When Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, he inherited a country at a crossroads. … Read more

Key CPC conclave next week set to endorse unprecedented 3rd term for Xi Jinping

Key CPC conclave next week set to endorse unprecedented 3rd term for Xi Jinping

A key conclave of China‘s ruling Communist Party next week is widely expected to pass a resolution on the major achievements besides “historical experience” of the 100-year-old party and pave the way for an unprecedented third term for President Xi Jinping. Xi, 68, holding China’s all three power centres- General Secretary of the Communist Party … Read more

Time to step on dragon’s Tibet toe: Why India needs to gather momentum over China issue

Time to step on dragon’s Tibet toe: Why India needs to gather momentum over China issue

Mao Zedong reportedly said that Tibet was China’s ‘right hand palm’ and Ladakh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and the area known today as Arunachal Pradesh the palm’s ‘five fingers’. Mao believed it was the duty of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to ‘liberate’ the territories India had ‘occupied’ — Ladakh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh — as … Read more