Even as India’s 15th Lok Sabha ended its tenure with the reputation of having conducted the least business among all its predecessors, in China, the NPC has become increasingly active
Category Archives: Comparative Politics
Mukherjee in Arunachal: Of China and Other Matters
The challenge for both New Delhi and Itanagar is to back up the advantages of an open, democratic polity with the equally important imperatives of social and economic development
3rd Plenum, 18th CC: A Reformist Agenda but Challenges Ahead
The communiqué issued at the end of the Plenum left many observers disappointed, but the follow-up 60-point “Decision” contained several important economic reform measures.
India and the CHOGM in Sri Lanka: Well Played, Actually
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made the right decision not to go to Sri Lanka
China Policy in India: For a Revolution in Mindsets
What is urgently required is for Indian strategy to move from reliance on the brilliance or charisma of individuals to the solidity of processes and institutions.
China in South Asia: Influence and Feedback
Presentation made at the British High Commission, New Delhi, 22 August 2013
China and Pakistan: Towards Increasing Dissonance?
why the Sino-Pak relationship is not all that it is cut out to be
China’s ‘Parliament’: Clear and Present Challenges
While the Communist Party continues to be the more powerful than the government in China, the symbols of state such as the National People’s Congress are increasingly vocal.
New Leadership in China: Quo Vadis Political Reform?
More than the challenges of political reforms, it appears the Communist Party of China fears a return to the populism and demagoguery of the Mao era.
Thinking about China in India 