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Shikha Aggarwal

Aggarwal is a Sinologist currently based in Taipei on the ‘Taiwan Fellowship’ awarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan

Xi Jinping’s mission to dominate the Chinese Communist Party

Mon, Dec 27, 2021

🔴 Shikha Aggarwal writes: The road to the 20th Party Congress is a saga of fallen power-centres, factional betrayals, and overturned loyalties

Party-to-party diplomacy: the Chinese strategy for crafting its own narratives

Wed, Jun 30, 2021

Shikha Aggarwal writes: As the world grapples with Covid, China has been meticulously steering a version of the pandemic saga in which it emerges as the paragon of hope, good governance and international leadership.

China’s propaganda machine in South Asia

Mon, Mar 08, 2021

The United Front Work Department (UFWD) influences national narratives by aligning or subverting popular opinion, legislation and policy decisions in congruence with the Communist Party of China’s agenda