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by Martin Albrow With this fourth volume of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, the regular appearance of President Xi Jinping’s speeches has established itself as a world publishing event. As his
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The flavour of the month is not Ukraine, but China, the pundits in the West, state Chinese State intelligence gathering has grown in ambition and scale, leaving the West to catch up.
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor “All things are ready, if our mind be so.” – William Shakespeare, from Henry V, Act IV, Scene 3 (inspired by a saying attributed to the ancient
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The United States should try to prove its innocence of blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines, the Russian Embassy in the United States said on Thursday. The Russian side will not
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The landing of United States Air Force fifth-generation multirole fighters the F-35A Lightning II and F-35A creaeed a buzz at the Aero India 2023. The presence of the front line Joint Strike
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Editorial “The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.” – Antonio Gramsci President Wickemesinghe’s accidental presidency was seen by many as a solution to the deadliest crises
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Living up to the epithet of “surveillance empire,” the United State has, for decades, conducted indiscriminate mass surveillance of foreign governments, companies and individuals as well as its own citizens. [Xinhua]An utterly
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China’s top economic planner said Friday it would stockpile 20,000 tonnes of frozen pork to replenish state reserves, as an index monitoring pork prices has dropped below the warning level. The index,
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor “The decline of democratic norms in India has implications not only for India, but also for the region as a whole. It is crucial that steps are
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