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China executes former Communist Party official in £324m corruption case

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Schemes like ‘Illam Thedi Kalvi’ inspired by Russian leader Lenin, says former Chief Secretary V. Irai Anbu

The Hindu

Schemes like ‘Illam Thedi Kalvi,’ were inspired by Russian revolutionary leader Lenin’s initiative to educate women in their houses, said former Chief Secretary V. Irai Anbu. To escape prosecution and avoid getting identified by the rulers, Lenin, throughout his life had written in about 153 different pen names, Mr. Irai Anbu added. “The younger generation, who loses hope even for …

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Winter of 1989: The Velvet Revolution in pictures

The Independent

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NPR investigation of a Chinese celebrity dissident leads news orgs to retract stories

NPR

NPR investigation of a Chinese celebrity dissident leads news orgs to retract stories toggle caption AP/AP AMSTERDAM – In recent years, dozens of news organizations around the world have quoted or covered a young Chinese man named Wang Jingyu, who portrayed himself as a brave dissident standing up to Communist Party repression. NPR's reporting has now led at least 10 …

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Gangster with ties to Chinese Communist Party linked to GOP's flip of NY seat: NY Times

Raw Story

State Senator-elect Steve Chan was able to flip a blue seat in New York held by Sen. Iwen Chu in November — but now reports are examining his ties to the Chinese Communist Party. However, the New York Times reports a connection to John Chan, who "was a Chinatown gangster before remaking himself into a powerful force in New York …

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Review: Dalithan by KK Kochu

Hindustan Times

Kerala’s story is now part of folklore. Unlike many Pulayas and other Dalit castes who worked in the fields of the Namboodris, Nairs, and Syrian Christians — the dominant castes around whom the historiography and sociology of Kerala is built with even conflicts, disagreements and wars located around the arc of these three communities – Kochu’s father owned a piece …

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Has Xi Jinping delayed China’s plans to invade Taiwan?

Firstpost

A new report, citing Xi Jinping’s recent corruption sweep of top military officials, has cast fresh doubts on whether the Chinese president plans to invade Taiwan by 2027. “I have got a number of plans which have been tested in classified environments that have proven success in doing so … There has been no change in U.S. policy on Taiwan.” …

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Donald Trump Ends Decades of American Dominance

Politico

Donald Trump’s second presidential victory represents a sharp break, and perhaps a permanent one, with the American Century framework. Engineers, scientists, doctors … developers of airlines, builders of roads, teachers, educators.” Donald Trump’s second presidential victory represents a sharp break, and perhaps a permanent one, with the American Century framework. But the American Century framework also underwrote the country’s economic …

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Yoon Suk Yeol: The ‘American Pie’-singing conservative who tried to suspend democracy – and failed

CNN

Seoul, South Korea CNN — Declaring martial law in a stable and boisterous democracy was an audacious gamble – and one that appears to have backfired spectacularly for South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol. Helicopters fly after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, in Seoul, South Korea, on December 4, 2024. Video Ad Feedback Watch South Korean …

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South Korea declares emergency martial law for first time in 44 years; President Yoon cites ‘communist’ threat

Live Mint

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared emergency martial law, stating that the measure was essential to protect the country from "communist forces" amid ongoing parliamentary disputes over a budget bill. ‘Threats posed by North Korea…’ In a televised address, Yoon explained to the nation, “To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea's …

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South Korea's Yoon declares emergency martial law to 'protect' country from 'communist forces'

Firstpost

“To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements… I hereby declare emergency martial law,” Yoon Suk Yeol said in a live televised address to the nation South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared an emergency martial law after he accused the country’s Opposition of controlling the …

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South Korea's right-wing president declares martial law, claiming "communist" threat

Salon

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative who recently said he would be building a "perfect security posture together" with the incoming Trump administration, on Tuesday announced that he was declaring martial law. "I declare martial law to protect the free Republic of Korea from the threat of North Korean communist forces, to eradicate the despicable pro-North Korean anti-state …

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People trained in America targeting CPI(M), says E.P. Jayarajan

The Hindu

Senior Communist Party of India leader and central committee member E.P. Jayarajan has alleged that people trained in ‘universities in America’ are being deployed in India with the intent to undermine the CPI. Speaking at the CPI Pappinissery area conference in Kannapuram on Saturday, Mr. Jayarajan claimed that this was part of a deliberate and coordinated strategy to destabilise the …

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China sentences veteran journalist on espionage charges

NPR

China sentences veteran journalist on espionage charges toggle caption Dong Yuyu's family TAIPEI, Taiwan — China has sentenced a longtime Chinese state media journalist to seven years in prison on charges of espionage, in a case press freedom advocates have criticized as opaque and politicized. As in all cases China deems related to national security, Dong's trial was held in …

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'As darkness fell, blazing hangars lit up the sky': How the fall of Pyongyang brought the world to the brink of crisis

BBC

'As darkness fell, blazing hangars lit up the sky': How the fall of Pyongyang brought the world to the brink of crisis Getty Images In December 1950, a BBC cameraman captured the fall of Pyongyang, a defining moment in the Korean War. Aware that the North Korean and Chinese armies were threatening to purge anyone suspected of having helped the …

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China says top military official suspended, placed under investigation

Al Jazeera

Probe into Miao Hua comes as China slams earlier reports of investigation into defence minister as ‘slanderous’. China has suspended a high-ranking military official suspected of “serious violations of discipline”, the latest in a series of senior figures targeted in a widening crackdown on corruption in the armed forces. The Ministry of Defence said on Thursday that Miao Hua, director …

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Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun, who was 'personally' appointed by Xi Jinping, faces probe for corruption

India TV News

The fate of Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun remained unclear on Wednesday as two US officials claimed that he was being investigated for corruption while another urged caution. Third Chinese minister to face probe Dong would be the third consecutive serving or former Chinese defence minister to be investigated for alleged corruption. China's military underwent a sweeping anti-corruption purge since …

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Chinese Minister Dong Jun's fate unclear as differing accounts emerge on corruption investigation

Hindustan Times

By Trevor Hunnicutt, Idrees Ali and Laurie Chen Chinese Minister Dong Jun's fate unclear as differing accounts emerge on corruption investigation WASHINGTON/BEIJING -The fate of Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun remained unclear on Wednesday, as two U.S. officials told Reuters that he was being investigated for corruption while another urged caution. China's military underwent a sweeping anti-corruption purge since last …

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He rose to riches in Hong Kong. Now he’s a symbol of China’s crackdown.

Live Mint

HONG KONG—Jimmy Lai came to Hong Kong in 1961 as a boy smuggled on a fishing boat, a refugee who left mainland China because his mother was afraid he would starve to death in the turmoil following the Communist takeover there. Lai’s rags-to-riches-to-prison story mirrors Hong Kong’s own path from fishing outpost to neon-lit hive of unbridled commerce and, more …

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Gov. Greg Abbott issues executive order targeting Chinese government operatives in Texas

Associated Press

Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Monday, directing the Texas Department of Public Safety to target and arrest people trying to execute influence operations on behalf of the Chinese government to return dissidents to China. Abbott’s action is in response to “Operation Fox Hunt,” a Chinese government initiative that is intended to root out corruption in that country but …

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Keir Starmer risks an early rift with Donald Trump after PM calls for 'respectful' UK-China relations as he becomes first PM to meet Xi Jinping since 2018 at G20 summit

Daily Mail

China’s communist president yesterday praised Labour’s plans for the economy as Sir Keir Starmer pushed for a new ‘respectful’ relationship with Beijing. His intervention came as Sir Keir brushed aside complaints he is ‘kowtowing’ to the communist superpower by becoming the first British PM to meet President Xi in more than six years. Sir Keir Starmer pushed for a new …

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China's Communist Party expels former agriculture minister for corruption

Hindustan Times

By Mei Mei Chu China's Communist Party expels former agriculture minister for corruption BEIJING -China's Communist Party has expelled former agriculture minister Tang Renjian, state media reported on Friday, six months after he was placed under investigation by the country's anti-graft watchdog and removed from his post. Tang, 61, was investigated for "serious violations of discipline and law", a euphemism …

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Autobiography still in works, says CPI(M) leader Jayarajan after book’s ‘fake’ excerpts go viral

Hindustan Times

Senior CPI leader and former LDF convenor EP Jayarajan dismissed reports of his autobiography being released by a prominent publishing house on Wednesday, hours after some purported excerpts from the said book circulated in the local media creating a political row on a day when bypolls were being held in two constituencies in Kerala. Autobiography still in works, says CPI …

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Trump picks Mike Waltz, China hawk, House India caucus co-chair, as NSA

Hindustan Times

Washington: President-elect Donald Trump has picked Michael Waltz, a House representative from Florida and a colonel in the US Army National Guard, as his national security advisor. Waltz wrote that a US-India alliance would also give America an edge over China and that like the US, India recognised that China was a rapidly growing threat. The Chinese Communist Party is …

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China executes former Communist Party official in £324m corruption case

Schemes like ‘Illam Thedi Kalvi’ inspired by Russian leader Lenin, says former Chief Secretary V. Irai Anbu

Winter of 1989: The Velvet Revolution in pictures

NPR investigation of a Chinese celebrity dissident leads news orgs to retract stories

Gangster with ties to Chinese Communist Party linked to GOP's flip of NY seat: NY Times

Review: Dalithan by KK Kochu

Has Xi Jinping delayed China’s plans to invade Taiwan?

Donald Trump Ends Decades of American Dominance

Yoon Suk Yeol: The ‘American Pie’-singing conservative who tried to suspend democracy – and failed

South Korea declares emergency martial law for first time in 44 years; President Yoon cites ‘communist’ threat

South Korea's Yoon declares emergency martial law to 'protect' country from 'communist forces'

South Korea's right-wing president declares martial law, claiming "communist" threat

People trained in America targeting CPI(M), says E.P. Jayarajan

China sentences veteran journalist on espionage charges

'As darkness fell, blazing hangars lit up the sky': How the fall of Pyongyang brought the world to the brink of crisis

China says top military official suspended, placed under investigation

Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun, who was 'personally' appointed by Xi Jinping, faces probe for corruption

Chinese Minister Dong Jun's fate unclear as differing accounts emerge on corruption investigation

He rose to riches in Hong Kong. Now he’s a symbol of China’s crackdown.

Gov. Greg Abbott issues executive order targeting Chinese government operatives in Texas

Keir Starmer risks an early rift with Donald Trump after PM calls for 'respectful' UK-China relations as he becomes first PM to meet Xi Jinping since 2018 at G20 summit

China's Communist Party expels former agriculture minister for corruption

Autobiography still in works, says CPI(M) leader Jayarajan after book’s ‘fake’ excerpts go viral

Trump picks Mike Waltz, China hawk, House India caucus co-chair, as NSA