Deng Xiaoping

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  With Dramatic Status Upgrade, China's Xi Enters A Contest With Deng, Mao

  As the Chinese Communist Partys sixth plenary session wraps up in Beijing, much of the focus outside China has been on two key aspects.

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  US Overlooked Pak Nuclear Programme After China's Intervention: Report

  The US acceded to Pakistan's demand to overlook its secretive nuclear weapons programme following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the late 70s after Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping convinced Washington to support Islamabad for the "stability" in South Asia.

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  Opinion: Reality Check For A Superstar Saudi Prince

  For three weeks ending last weekend in Texas, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was the most celebrated foreign leader to visit the U.S. since China's Deng Xiaoping almost 40 years ago. MBS, as he's called, was embraced by the administration of President Donald Trump. He saw former President Bill Clinton, leading tech executives, entertainment...

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  On Weibo, Chinese Hail President as 'Mighty Uncle Xi'

  Hailing "mighty Uncle Xi", Chinese people have taken to social media using an old imperial term to welcome President Xi Jinping's naming by the Communist Party as its "core", despite party efforts to limit his cult of personality.

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  Opinion: Why Narendra Modi's Make-in-India is a Mere Slogan

  One can visit the Facebook and Google headquarters many times over and shake hands with Mark Zuckerberg, but things won't improve and Make-in-India will remain a mere slogan.

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  Full Transcript: Walk The Talk With Kevin Rudd

  In this episode of Walk The Talk, former Australian PM, Kevin Rudd candidly bets with Shekhar Gupta over the upcoming Cricket World Cup. He talks about how his first job as PM was to apologise to the indigenous people of Australia. Mr Rudd vividly recollects his days in China where he studied Chinese and even got a Chinese name, Luke Kewen. He hope...

• Hoping to Project Power, China Finds Itself Alone

  Nearly three decades after Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping famously instructed his diplomats to "be good at maintaining a low profile and never claim leadership," a new generation of rulers has made it clear that they're ready to shed the humility and show off their country's rising military and political power.

• Grandson of Late Chinese Leader Deng Promoted

  The grandson of China's late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping has been given his first low-level leadership post in the area where his grandfather made history, state media said Tuesday.

• Obama to meet Dalai Lama on Friday as US urges talks with China

  US President Barack Obama will meet Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the White House on Friday, in an encounter that is likely to draw the ire of China.

• Mothers of China's Tiananmen crackdown victims criticise Xi Jingping for lack of reforms

  A group of families demanding justice for the victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have denounced new Chinese President Xi Jinping for failing to launch political reforms, saying he was taking China "backwards towards Maoist orthodoxy".

• 'Diary' of former China premier sheds new light on Tiananmen

  Former Chinese premier Li Peng acted on orders from late leader Deng Xiaoping to "shed some blood" when he sent in troops to end the Tiananmen protests, the publisher of Li's purported diary said on Monday.

• Deng is said to have backed Tiananmen violence

  The revelations have come from a diary said to document internal decisions that led to the violent crackdown.