Barring the many young women he had sex with, it is doubtful if anyone saw Mao Zedong smile. Zhou Enlai, Mao's premier, often sported an enigmatic smile, one that hid his devilish intentions as he......
The first priority for the new Tibetan administration in Dharamsala should be to look at Tibetan recruitment in the PLA, suggests Claude Arpi. IMAGE: People's Liberation Army soldiers in Beijing.......
The Chinese Communist party has not closed its door of contacts and negotiation with the Dalai Lama, a senior Communist leader wrote recently.Former RA&W officer and China expert Jayadeva Ranade......
'Does it mean that we are witnessing the end of an era?''Probably not, but the post-Trump trade war has certainly brought a lot of instability in China,' notes Claude Arpi. IMAGE: China's supreme......
Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters Xi Jinping was on Friday re-elected as president for a second five-year tenure by China's rubber-stamp parliament, days after it scrapped the two-term rule for the......
Damage from new shenanigans can be contained if regulators move quickly when something does not smell right, counsels Debashis Basu. IMAGE: Sam Bankman-Fried, who founded and led FTX until a......
India isn’t just a testbed for SHAREit to find and perfect a new business model, but also the start of the company’s globalisation dreams. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh. SHAREit, a Chinese......
He is widely admired for maintaining an almost military like discipline and is not known to smoke or drink Last week, China’s Dalian Wanda group announced its intention to invest $10 billion......
A series of modest support measures from the government over the year helped stave off worries of a more dramatic slowdown Image: China services industry growth slows, confirms year-end......
China unwrapped its boldest set of economic and social reforms in nearly three decades on Friday, relaxing its one-child policy and further freeing up markets in order to put the world's......
The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on Saturday, January 30 at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. While a lot of celebs rocked the red carpet with their......
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com on Priyanka Chopra's appointment as a brand ambassador for India, despite her frankness on intolerant India. IMAGE: Priyanka Chopra looks picture perfect in......
Priyanka Chopra has done India proud once again. The former Miss World, who plays the lead in the American television show Quantico, has won at the People's Choice Awards 2016. The star-studded......
Yay or nay?With her ABC thriller Quantico ready for its television debut (on a prime time slot no less!), Priyanka Chopra is busy hobnobbing in the big mighty world of Hollywood.However, her tryst......
Take this fun poll!The 72nd Golden Globes, held at the luxurious Beverly Hilton hotel in California, was a star studded affair with tons of surprise winners and was hosted by Tina Fey and Amy......
IMAGE: Returning from injury PV Sindhu beat higher ranked Han Yue. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters Two-time Olympic-medallist P V Sindhu made a winning return from a lengthy injury......
IMAGE: Kidambi Srikanth will meet compatriot Mithun Manjunath in the second round. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Instagram Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth opened his campaign at the Thailand Masters......
Jennifer Brady returns with win in Washington IMAGE: Jennifer Brady in action during her first round match against China's Zhang Shuai. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters After nearly......
IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched a straight game win. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters Star Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty......
Glimpses from the Marathons in New York and Beijing. More than 50,000 runners took part in the TCS 2022 New York City Marathon. The Beijing Marathon was stalled for two years due to the pandemic.......