Chinese President Xi Jinping recently commemorated the 120th birth anniversary of Chen Yun, one of the foundational economic planners of the Communist Party of China. Amid the commemoration’s celebratory tone, Xi’s speech signals a rhetorical shift. The references to communist conviction so prominent in the 2015 address delivered for Chen’s 110th birthday were relatively sparse…
The listed requirements for a potential girlfriend laid out by an associate professor at a prestigious university in China have gone viral, with many people describing his actions as being like “selecting an imperial concubine”. Internet users have been abuzz about the criteria for a girlfriend set by a scholar surnamed Lou from the School…
The influx of American “TikTok refugees” onto the Chinese social media app RedNote may feed into some of Beijing’s main talking points, but could also pose a challenge for China’s censors. As of Thursday afternoon, the topic “TikTok refugee” attracted more than 800 million views and 14.7 million discussions as new users, mostly with IP…
In 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping told the faithful at the five-yearly Communist Party congress that belief in people’s hearts would give strength to China as a nation. “When people have faith, the country has strength and the Chinese nationality has hope,” he said at the time. The phrase has been cited again and again…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayake for his victory in the Sri Lankan Presidential elections. Modi expressed hope to work closely with Sri Lanka to further strengthen the multifaceted cooperation. Dissanayake responded thanking Modi for ‘kind’ words and support. Dissanayake said he shared Modi‘s commitment to strengthening the ties between the…