Modern discussions often associate the word "caste" exclusively with India. Yet historically, social stratification existed across Asia, Europe and even parts of Africa.
While in scholarly discourse in India, the Chinese caste system and its modern Hukou form are not a lesser-known issue, Indians, in fact, the world knows only the sanitised version of China’s caste system. However, Indian social media users decided to make this lesser-known societal truth about China globally known.
Japanese materials pioneer Proterial is investing ₹2,250 crore to set up a permanent rare earth magnet production facility in Achutapuram, Andhra Pradesh.
Pakistan’s space agency, the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), launched its first satellite with the help of China in January 2025.
France’s Viginum, the government agency tasked with countering foreign digital threats, has exposed a network of 13 counterfeit news websites spreading pro-China propaganda in...
One such courageous but unsuccessful movement took place in China in 1989. The 4th of June marks 37 years of the Tiananmen Square massacre, which the Chinese Communist Party downplays and calls the ‘June Fourth Incident’.
According to The Telegraph, the system can filter people by nationality, profession, travel history and location, while some records, including foreign journalists, were marked as “trackable” on the leaked platform.