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Asia Nikkei Review said: Xi's Gorbachev obsession put China on a Soviet path. "Why did the Soviet Union disintegrate?" China's then-new leader Xi Jinping asked his fellow Communist Party members in December 2012. "Their ideals and convictions wavered," he said, vowing never to let the same fate befall China. Since then, he has... 

Covid 19 has come back in second and sebsequent waves across many countries in Asia. Hongkong has just banned the social gatherings of 2 people, yes 2 people, in their efforts to curb its spread. China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia etc are all seeing increased infections and are taking actions to curb its... 

The BBC reports that Indian experts say that “full-blown” community transmission is happening in India. But the government refuses to accept that community transmission has begun, saying there is no clear definition of the term, and each country can define it based on local conditions. So far, Kerala and West Bengal are...