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Manoj Kewalramani

Manoj Kewalramani

Articles by Manoj Kewalramani

US, Japan & China: New configuration on Taiwan

Beijing understands that if the US is seen as shifting and dithering on Taiwan, it will heighten the anxieties of America’s regional allies. (AFP)

Updated on Dec 22, 2025 15:05 IST

When India and China speak for Global South

PM Modi poses with BRICS nations' leaders

Updated on Sep 18, 2023 03:55 IST

Qin’s removal reveals a messy portrait of China

China removed foreign minister Qin Gang and appointed Wang Yi (AP File)

Updated on Jul 26, 2023 16:43 IST

First signs of thaw in US-China ties, but road to normalcy is uphill

It is important to temper expectations of what can be achieved from this new round of engagement. (AP)

Updated on Jun 1, 2023 13:25 IST

What unrest and anger in China’s cities reveal

Perhaps the protests will inject greater urgency to move away from zero-Covid. How to achieve this and satisfy the demands of the angry, urban elite while minimising the public health costs is the policy challenge.

Updated on Dec 4, 2022 14:50 IST

Why China’s economy faces serious headwinds

The politics around Xi Jinping’s continued reign appears to be settled. But that’s not the case concerning the debate over the future of the Chinese economy, which is only likely to get sharper in the months ahead.

Updated on Oct 4, 2022 13:41 IST

Why Xi Jinping’s iron grip on power is intact

The day before Russia invaded Ukraine, a commentary in the People’s Daily made an emphatic pitch for Xi’s continued rule. It argued that Xi was a “blessing to the party and the country” and had “won the heartfelt love of the whole party, armed forces and all ethnic groups in China.” (AP)

Updated on May 31, 2022 14:47 IST

When Xi Jinping uses history for the future

A man holds a mobile phone in front of an image of Chinese President Xi Jinping displayed at the Museum of the Communist Party of China, Beijing, China (REUTERS)

Updated on Nov 19, 2021 09:11 IST

Ideology in Xi’s China: The role of nationalism

Throughout this period, the Party’s key challenge in this regard had been to maintain its hegemony over the direction and intensity of such discourse, its consequent expression and its policy impact (Reuters)

Updated on Oct 20, 2021 06:25 IST

The role of ideology in Xi Jinping’s China

There are fundamental changes that are taking place in China under Xi Jinping. (AP)

Updated on Oct 13, 2021 06:43 IST

The future of China’s engagement in Afghanistan

Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi pose for a photo during their meeting in Tianjin, China on July 28, 2021. (File photo)

Updated on Sep 1, 2021 13:13 IST

For CCP, the era of seeking strength

Representational image. (REUTERS)

Updated on Jul 1, 2021 10:45 IST

In India’s Covid-19 challenge, China’s hopes and anxieties

The situation in India presents opportunities for Beijing. At the bare minimum, there is a commercial opportunity, given the shortage of emergency supplies, equipment and therapeutics (PTI)

Updated on May 3, 2021 14:39 IST

In West Asia, where US and China’s interests intersect

This resetting of the pieces creates new drivers for Beijing to play a greater role. After his visit, Wang Yi outlined five broad parameters of future engagement, while emphasising that China supports building a “new security framework” for the region that eschews major power competition (AP)

Updated on Apr 15, 2021 13:06 IST

In its centenary year, the CCP’s revisionist history

The CCP’s version of history draws upon the narrative of the century of humiliation to then present a neat classification of periods within which China has “stood up, grown rich, and is becoming strong” under CCP rule. (AFP)

Updated on Feb 16, 2021 13:32 IST

Jack Ma story: China’s deep strategic ambition

Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of China's Alibaba Group, in Chiba, Japan, June 18, 2015 (REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 28, 2021 23:20 IST

Weaning away foreign investment from China

Countries concerned about China’s dominance are likely to prioritise strategic implications of investments over India’s economic inefficiencies (AP)

Updated on Jan 14, 2021 13:59 IST

Decoding the DC-Brussels-Beijing geopolitical triangle

Joe Biden’s election as the United States (US) president has led to talk of greater coordination between Washington and Brussels over China

Updated on Dec 16, 2020 14:35 IST

China wants a reset with Biden, but won’t change its approach

There’s a belief that Biden will repair ties and coordinate China policy with traditional US allies

Updated on Nov 18, 2020 14:58 IST

Xi’s new approach to Tibet will affect India

Xi suggested that the CCP must adhere to strategic thinking to govern the borders and stabilise Tibet before governing

Updated on Sep 7, 2020 14:13 IST

What is driving China’s aggression?

Not since Mao Zedong’s era has personality, instead of institutions, mattered so much in China’s approach to the world.

Updated on Jul 27, 2020 24:47 IST

Arriving at a new normal in India-China relations | Opinion

Both sides will incur extremely heavy costs in case of a conflict

Updated on Jul 3, 2020 14:20 IST

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