My Take | Mixing Marx with Confucius: the heart of the matter for China

My Take | Mixing Marx with Confucius: the heart of the matter for China

In 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping told the faithful at the five-yearly Communist Party congress that belief in people’s hearts would give strength to China as a nation. “When people have faith, the country has strength and the Chinese nationality has hope,” he said at the time. The phrase has been cited again and again … Read more

Xi Jinping’s father the subject of new historical drama on state television

Xi Jinping’s father the subject of new historical drama on state television

A historical drama about Chinese President Xi Jinping’s late father, Xi Zhongxun, will be shown on state television from Tuesday – the first time his story has been dramatised for TV. The first episode of Time in the Northwest will make its debut during prime time on CCTV’s main channel, according to a trailer aired … Read more

Flag Waving and Flag Burning in Kamala Harris’s America

Flag Waving and Flag Burning in Kamala Harris’s America

The D.N.C. looked like the R.N.C. Apparently, during the harried month that passed between the recusal of Candidate Biden and the mounting of Candidate Harris, the campaign underwent a large image overhaul. The D.N.C. looked like the R.N.C., by which I mean, the Convention center in Chicago gave off the vapors of the Republican aesthetic. … Read more

Shivakumar: Traitors who supported British during freedom struggle today lecturing on patriotism: Shivakumar

Shivakumar: Traitors who supported British during freedom struggle today lecturing on patriotism: Shivakumar

Taking a veiled dig at the BJP, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress chief D K Shivakumar on Thursday said the traitors who had joined hands with the British during the freedom struggle are today lecturing others about patriotism. Speaking at the 78th Independence Day celebration at the state Congress office here, he said, … Read more

Book by Nigerian academics in diaspora set for public presentation

Book by Nigerian academics in diaspora set for public presentation

The Minister of Information, Mohammed Malagi, is among the dignitaries to grace the public presentation of a recently published book of essays titled, ‘Dis Life No Balance: An Anthology of Nigerian Diaspora Voices. The launching will take place at the National Press Centre on Thursday, 14 December 2023, at 10 a.m. Written by the trio … Read more