Mainstream Weekly

Modi's Japan Visit and Reactions in the Chinese Media

Gunjan Singh — 2014-10-24T09:24:50Z

The interactions between India and China are viewed with a very keen interest by the international community. The domestic politics and leadership transitions in these countries are also events of great interest for the world. India and China both have witnessed leadership changes in the last two years. Both the respective leaders—Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chinese President, Xi Jinping—are trying to formulate their respect foreign policy agenda's and directions. Both these leaders (…)

- 2014

China-Zimbabwe Relations

Gunjan Singh — 2011-06-20T06:13:15Z

The Chinese Government's need for regular flow of resources and energy is quite vital for its sustainability. This is also because economic development is quite crucial for its survival and also maintaining peace and order in the country. With the erosion of ideological support the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) today is dependent on continued economic growth in order to gain legitimacy to be power.
The heavy emphasis on economic growth is a very important factor behind the major Chinese (…)

- 2011

China and Pakistan Relations: A New Chapter

Gunjan Singh — 2010-09-08T07:37:14Z

During the recent visit by the Pakistani President, Asif Ali Zardari, to Beijing both sides declared to take forward the ‘all-weather friendship'. China and Pakistan have declared that they intend to build a railway line which will connect the Khunjerab Pass with Chinese towns including Kashgar. In addition to this, both the countries signed six agreements which covered areas ranging from health care and technology, justice and media, and agriculture and economy. During his visit President (…)

- 2010

China-Taiwan Relations: A Comment

Gunjan Singh — 2010-07-10T06:57:54Z

China since 1949 has claimed that Taiwan is not only an inalienable part but also an internal matter of the People's Republic of China (PRC). But at the same time one sees that there exists a very strong dimension to the Taiwan affair. Since the 1980s there has been a major shift in this dynamics. After its democratisation in the 1980s it has clearly formed a very unique characteristic vis-à-vis China. These differences have been the cause of a number of clashes. Mainland China did show its (…)

- 2010

Obama's Visit to China

Gunjan Singh — 2009-12-12T01:53:33Z

President Barack Obama became the first American President to pay a state visit to China while in his first year in office. China was the third stop during the latest trip of the President to four Asian states. He visited Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea. He started the tour by visiting Japan, the closest American ally in the region. But what turned out to be most significant was the President's meeting with his Chinese counterpart. Considering that China is the rising power and the (…)

- December 2009

26/11: Is China Important….?

Gunjan Singh — 2009-03-02T17:10:53Z

India has compiled a dossier of evidence regarding Pakistan's involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks of 26/11. This includes confession of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only terrorist arrested during the attack, satellite phone intercepts and record of logbooks recovered from a ship by which it is believed that ten heavily armed terrorists came from Karachi to Mumbai on November 26, 2008.
The Indian Government shared this information with various countries to bring the truth out and explain the (…)

- February 2009

China's Generation 'One-Child'

Gunjan Singh — 2007-10-16T12:38:52Z

The One-Child policy was introduced in China in the year 1979 by Deng Xiaoping with the ambition that it will help in strengthening the economic policies introduced by him. He believed that economic policies would help in making China a stronger nation. Enough has been written and debated over the positives and the negatives of this policy from almost all the perspectives that are available. But the primary focus of this paper is to look into the generation ‘one-child' of China.
The (…)

- October 13, 2007

Internet In China : The Media's Changing Face

Gunjan Singh — 2007-07-02T20:57:31Z

The first connection of the Chinese mainland with the Internet was established in September 20, 1987. Since then the Internet has grown to host the largest base of net users in the world. In the past few years the Internet boom in China can be seen in the light of a new cultural phenomenon.
In the year 1996, China banned access to almost 100 websites in order to prevent the delivery of offending information. The banned sites included sexually explicit sites, Western news outlets, (…)

- June 30, 2007