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A newly nervous Beijing -
Claude Smadja, Business Standard
Crisis might be too strong a word, but it is not an exaggeration to say that China is going through its most uncertain and most tense period since the Tiananmen crisis of June 1989. The Bo Xilai episode continues to feed the rumour mill in Beijing and is keeping China watchers busy on analyses that mix the most tantalising ingredients of roman noir with the most intriguing aspects of the best political fiction novels. Above all, this episode comes at a critical moment in China, and it highlights three major new issues or challenges that the leadership is struggling to confront.
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Wait for Green Card could be ending -
Somini Sengupta, HindustanTimes
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This Pak general prefers the barracks -
Seema Mustafa, DNA
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Chickens can come home to roost -
G Parthasarathy, Pioneer
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Notes on three scandals -
Economist
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London attackers were on MI5 radar -
Indian Express
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Homework for Nawaz -
Khaled Ahmed, Indian Express
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Indian-American activism is acquiring critical force -
Prema Kurien, Indian Express
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From Brooklyn to Pakistan, a family feud turns deadly -
Mosi Secret, New York Times
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Start and sell: India’s new Valley success stories -
Shilpa Phadnis, Times of India
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India under a Eurosceptic lens -
Dipankar De Sarkar, Hindustan Times
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Polls expose Pak fault lines -
Karamatullah K Ghori, NewIndianExpress
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Inside America's war on terror -
Ajai Shukla, Business Standard
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South Asia: All in one -
TS Vishwanath, Business Standard
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Hamid Karzai leaves India empty-handed -
Nayanima Basu, Business Standard
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Muslims converts: Changing my religion -
Economist
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Syria: Outside patronage and a new offensive for the regime -
Stratfor
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China ready to talk FTA with India -
FinancialExpress
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US immigration bill may force jobs to be shipped overseas: Silicon Valley executives -
Economic Times
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The fear of China's economic downfall -
Daily Beast
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Will Nawaz Sharif be different the third time? -
Rajiv Dogra, DNA
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US becoming energy kingpin -
Sunil Kewalramani, Business Line
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‘The economy, the economy, the economy’ -
Rasheeda Bhagat, Business Line
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Chinese hackers resume attacks on US targets -
David E Sanger & Nicole Perlroth, New York Times
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'Sophisticated' Indian cyberattacks targeted Pak military sites -
Manu Pubby, Indian Express
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Fill the trade basket now -
Reshma Patil, Hindustan Times
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 The UPA 2 government was conceived in corruption – and never really recovered from that taint. Right from the day the election results came in, the back-channel negotiations began for the reappointment of A Raja as Telecom Minister to advance the interests of certain telecom majors (in return for illegal gratification). It was an enterprise which set the stage for India’s biggest corruption scandal and virtually set the political tone for the rest of the four years. As subsequent exposes have established, Manmohan Singh and other key Ministers knew full well that mischief was afoot, but pointedly looked the other way. That was the beginning of the slide, and the UPA government in general – and Manmohan Singh in particular – was mortally wounded from that episode. But rather than press ahead with remedial action, the government slid further into the cesspool of corruption.
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Split with Nitish will only boost BJP in Bihar -
K Balakrishnan, LensOnNews
WITH THE BJP seemingly decided on projecting Narendra Modi as its PM candidate and its close ally Nitish Kumar of JD(U) equally firm in his opposition to the idea, a split in the NDA alliance looks inevitable; most observers think it’s not a question of if, but when. |
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