Ahead of his visit, Chinese health authorities announced the death toll due to coronavirus has sharply increased to 80 with 2,744 confirmed cases.
Li talked with officials and residents and visited the famed Jokhang Temple and the upcoming Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet railway.
'... that we have to put into place and make them more efficient, and we need to appropriately manage and resolve our differences'
'We tasked our Special Representatives to consider further measures that may be needed to maintain peace and tranquillity along the border'
Full text of the signed article by the visiting Chinese Premier in The Hindu and Dainik Jagran
Xi Jinping promotes dream reform of economy, but politics is out of bounds
The Tibetan movement is not externally-motivated and orchestrated. It is a spontaneous, self-motivated and self-generated, but the younger generation of Indians is showing dwindling interest in the Tibetan cause
Ousting of ambitious Bo Xilai and advent of reformers would be welcomed by China's foreign investors
While reacting positively to Mr Zardari’s planned pilgrimage to Ajmer, one has to note with concern indications of a further strengthening of Pakistan’s relations with China
By cutting his wings in time, the party leadership has sought to ensure that he will not be able to take off.
Before China declared South China Sea as their core interest, its relations with the USA were pretty cordial: 'If we end up with a P-10, both China and the United States would be in trouble'
The flow of rumours and counter-rumours in the run-up to the congress offers a sober reminder that, after nearly 30 years of Chinese reforms, politics in Beijing remain opaque and not open to change.
In China, the 17th Party Congress will start on October 22. And while it would test Hu against Jiang, India should watch out, for in communist dictatorships power struggles sometimes result in foreign adventures.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.