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As its title Xi Jinping: China's Third New Era' suggests, the book covers the period mid-June 2017 till the end of 2020--a period when, Xi Jinping's acolytes claim, China had already embarked on a third thirty-year era under his leadership, like those of Mao and Deng before him. This period also saw an outpouring of criticism against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Chinese President not witnessed since the Tiananmen Square events in 1989. The resentment was sparked by Xi Jinping abolishing tenure limits that govern the cadres' terms in office as well as the mishandling of the initial stages of the Covid pandemic. It is also the period when Xi Jinping began using the country's security apparatus to further consolidate his position and impose progressively restrictive controls on society. He followed through on his slogan: "party, government, military, civilian and academic; east, west, south, north and centre, the Party leads everything"! The essays explore the modernisation of the People's Liberation Army (PLA); Xi Jinping tightening his grip on members of the Politburo and the higher echelons of the Party; China's policy on Tibet and Beijing's efforts to negate the Dalai Lama's influence inside China as well as abroad. China's attitude and posture towards India, which have undergone definite change since Xi Jinping adopted an aggressive foreign policy to achieve the "rejuvenation of the Chinese nation", have been covered at length. This includes the ongoing incursions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh since May 2020. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)

As its title Xi Jinping: China's Third New Era' suggests, the book covers the period mid-June 2017 till the end of 2020--a period when, Xi Jinping's acolytes claim, China had already embarked on a third thirty-year era under his leadership, like those of Mao and Deng before him. This period also saw an outpouring of criticism against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Chinese President not witnessed since the Tiananmen Square events in 1989. The resentment was sparked by Xi Jinping abolishing tenure limits that govern the cadres' terms in office as well as the mishandling of the initial stages of the Covid pandemic. It is also the period when Xi Jinping began using the country's security apparatus to further consolidate his position and impose progressively restrictive controls on society. He followed through on his slogan: "party, government, military, civilian and academic; east, west, south, north and centre, the Party leads everything"! The essays explore the modernisation of the People's Liberation Army (PLA); Xi Jinping tightening his grip on members of the Politburo and the higher echelons of the Party; China's policy on Tibet and Beijing's efforts to negate the Dalai Lama's influence inside China as well as abroad. China's attitude and posture towards India, which have undergone definite change since Xi Jinping adopted an aggressive foreign policy to achieve the "rejuvenation of the Chinese nation", have been covered at length. This includes the ongoing incursions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh since May 2020. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)

Preface -- Abbreviations -- Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) -- The Aid Tibet Programmes -- CCP Cadres in Tibet (TAR) -- Party Secretaries of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) (1950-2016) -- Brief Biographies of Past Eight and Current Party Secretaries of the TAR -- United Front Work Department (UFWD) -- Chinese Communist Party in TAR -- Members of the Standing Committee of TAR Party Committee -- TAR People's Government -- Vice Chairmen of TAR People's Government -- TAR People's Political Consultative Conference (PPCC) Committee -- 10th TAR People's Congress -- Vice Chairmen of 10th TAR People's Congress -- Administrative Distribution of TAR by China -- Lhasa Municipality -- Ngari (Ch: Ali) Administrative District (AD) -- Shigatse (Ch: Xigaze) Administrative District (AD) -- Shigatse Municipal Party Committee -- Chamdo (Ch: Chamdo/Qamdo) Administrative District (Changed to City in 2014) -- Nyingtri/Nyinchi (Ch: Linzhi) Administrative District -- Naqu (Nagchu) Administrative District -- Appendix -- Annexures -- Index

China's Next Chairman-Xi Jinping -- Xi Jinping's Leadership Style and China's Likely Policy Direction -- The Bo Xilai Affair -- China's Eighteenth Party Congress: Trends and Analysis -- China's New Leadership: Internal and External Implications of a Fresh Agenda -- China's New Central Military Commission after the 18th Party Congress and its Implications -- Chinese Communist Party, Army and Eighteenth Central Committee -- Impact of Leadership Changes in China on Security and Defence Fields in the Country -- China's New Development Strategy: Emphasising Domestic Consumption, Human Resources and R&D -- China's Twelfth National People's Congress: An Analysis of the Composition and Content -- Third Party Plenum -- China: The Fifth Plenum of the 18th CCP CC (October 26-29, 2015) -- China's Sixth Plenum Designates Xi Jinping as "Core" of the Leadership -- China: Document Number 9 and the New Propaganda Regime -- China's Defence White Paper 2013 -- China's Defence White Paper 2015 -- Xi Jinping and China's Major Military Reforms-2015 -- Major Structural Reforms in PLA: Brief Initial Assessment -- PLA Reform, Reorganisation, Restructuring and Implications for India -- China's Focus on Military Activities in Tibet -- China in Transition -- The 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party -- Xi Jinping's Power Base -- 18th CC Members -- China's New Policy of Peripheral Diplomacy -- Geopolitical Developments and India-China Relations -- Q&A-Wall Street Journal -- Nathu La and the Sino-Indian Trade: Understanding the Sensitivities of Sikkim -- Looking Beyond Border Incursions & Li Keqiang's Visit -- India and China: An Assessment of October 2013 Agreements-No Tangibles -- The Second Modi-Xi Jinping Summit -- Brief Analysis of Chinese Official Media Reporting on Prime Minister Modi's Visit to China -- China's Belt and Road Initiative: Indian Perspective -- The Future of China-Pakistan Relations -- Upgraded Sino-Pak Relationship Increases Pressure on India -- Implications of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor -- Does the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Really Help Pakistan? -- China, Tibet and Beijing's New Thinking -- China's New Initiatives on the Tibet Issue -- China's "Big Two" Sessions Signal Policy Shift on Dalai Lama -- China's New Appointments and the New Tibet Party Secretary -- China's Ambitions in the Asia-Pacific -- Beijing's Strategies Towards South China Sea -- China-South Korea Presidential Summit: Fait Accompli? -- China Articulates Sharp Suspicions about US Intentions -- The Xi Jinping-Obama Summit -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's First State Visit (September 23-28, 2015) to USA

Study with special reference to case studies in Sri Lanka; includes very briefly case studies from South Africa, North Ireland, and Bangladesh

The article explores the ways in which Buddhism had reinvented itself in a modernist idiom to deal with social and political conditions in India and Sri Lanka. This is done primarily by looking into the work of Anagarika Dharmapala, Iyothee Thass and B.R. Ambedkar. In general, the article is an attempt to place in context how political conditions of specific times and expectations of democracy play an active role in refashioning a religious ideology into an engaging political force.