The persistent Sino-Indian boundary dispute needs to be seen within the framework of centre-periphery relations in China and India and well as of their different political systems.
Category Archives: Borders
The Why of China’s Actions in the South China Sea
China is trying to create a ‘moral code’ for its foreign policy activity but this code is also founded on a sense of national exceptionalism
China and Vietnam: Neither Thick Friends nor Constant Antagonists
There is a tripwire of caution built into the Sino-Vietnamese relationship, perhaps more so, on the Vietnamese side.
Interpreting Prime Minister Modi’s China Approach
Originally published as ‘Interpreting Modispeak on China’, The Hindu (Chennai), 14 May 2015. As Indian Prime Ministers and political leaders go, Narendra Modi is unique in possessing some significant experience of that country before attaining office. In fact, despite – or perhaps, because of – the differences in world views and how he has gone about understanding …
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China’s New Silk Roads: Reinterpreting History
The so-called ‘sound historical basis’ that Chinese commentators seem to find for the Maritime Silk Road might not be all that sound. It might just as well be called the Maritime Spice Route.
Of Perceptions and Policies
Review of Shishir Gupta’s ‘The Himalayan Face-Off: Chinese Assertion and the Indian Riposte’
China’s Silk Roads in South Asia: Steel in a Silken Glove
It could well be the case that the majority of Chinese investments will materialize not in India, South Asia’s largest economy and market, but in other parts of South Asia.
Assessing the Xi Visit: After the Optics, A Reality Check
China is not going to make big investments in Indian infrastructure development without adequate policy support from New Delhi and state governments.
Xi Meets Modi: A Historic Opportunity for Sino-Indian Leadership
Sino-Indian relations are at a new juncture. Modi and Xi must together summon the vision and statesmanship needed to grab the opportunity thus provided.
Thinking about China in India 