 | Xi Jinping calls for upholding Chinese Communist Party leadership as Parliament ends annual sessionXi stressed upholding the leadership of the CPC and the centralised, unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee, the main policy body of the party. |
 | China sets this year's economic growth target at 'around 5%'Premier Li Keqiang, the top economic official, set this year's growth target at “around 5%” following the end of anti-virus controls that kept millions of people at home and triggered protests. |
 | China poses an 'existential' threat: US lawmakers at first Congressional hearing on ChinaThey also called for an all-out effort within the country and in coordination with its allies to address the challenge posed by the Communist Party-led China successfully. |
 | China orders schools to oppose, resist 'Western views' in legal educationThe move is in line with Xi's foreign policy that seeks to challenge and supplant the US-led international order that advocates for multiparty democracy, civil society and human rights. |
 | Naxalites claim security forces carried out aerial shelling in South Bastar; police say attempt to misleadChhattisgarh Police, however, said the claim seemed to be an attempt to mislead the local population, and the security forces never compromise on the safety of the local people during their operations |
 | China names its US envoy Qin Gang as new foreign ministerThere is a possibility of Qin succeeding 69-year-old Wang as Special Representative for the India-China border mechanism. |
 | 'No decision made' as ruling-coalition meeting ends in NepalNotably, the discussion was going on at the Prime Minister's residence in Baluwatar to break the ice and seal an agreement on who will lead the government first. |
 | INTERVIEW| ‘China will create trouble at sensitive points’, says army veteran Sudhakar JeeIndia is 20-30 years behind China in terms of infrastructure and we only woke up after LAC face-off: Maj Gen S Jee (retd). |
 | Philippine communist leader dies at 83The Philippines' defence ministry said his death could finally lead to an end of violence in the country, calling Sison the "greatest stumbling block" to peace. |
 | Red China blues by Dikotter: an account of the country's developments during Xi Jinping eraThe tumultous story of the world’s second-largest economy told through 600 documents from the country’s municipal and provincial archives Manoj Kewalramani |
 | Former President Jiang Zemin, who guided China's rise, diesJiang gave up his last official title in 2004 but remained a force behind the scenes in the wrangling that led to the rise of current President Xi Jinping, who took power in 2012. |
 | Chinese university students sent home amid protestsSome universities arranged buses to take students to train stations. They said classes and final exams would be conducted online. |
 | China lockdown protests pause as police flood city streetsWithout mentioning the protests, the criticism of Xi or the fire, some local authorities eased restrictions Monday. |
 | Wordplay, blank signs, music: How China is protesting zero-CovidHere's how many Chinese have attempted to evade censorship to demonstrate their anger and show support for protests. |
 | China protests speak to deep political frustrations against Xi, CCPPeople took to the streets across China on Sunday to call for an end to lockdowns and for greater political freedoms, in a wave of widespread protest not seen since pro-democracy rallies in 1989. |
 | China affirms zero-COVID stance, eases rules after protestsThe government made no comment on the protests or criticism of Xi, the most widespread display of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades. |
 | Nepal votes in poll coloured by downturn and discontentSeveral younger faces are contesting for the first time, up against established parties whose leaders have strode the corridors of power for decades. |
 | China strengthens surveillance network in Tibet, opens data centre in LhasaIn 2020, CCP declared to build the world's highest-altitude cloud computing data centre in Tibet to "meet the data storage needs of China and South Asian nations like Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan." |
 | China increasingly involved in Nepal's domestic politicsAs Nepal heads to polls on November 8th, the CCP looks to take advantage of the willingness of some communist factions in Nepal to deepen diplomatic ties. |
 | World faces tension with China under Xi Jinping's third termBy 2035, the Communist Party wants economic output per person to match a “medium-level developed country,” Xi said in a report to the congress. |
