China-Sri Lanka ties will continue to grow. New Delhi, meanwhile, needs to show greater purpose in its own dealings with its island neighbour
Category Archives: Comparative Politics
China’s Conference Diplomacy: Lessons for India
Unlike India, China understands the value of reaching out as often as possible through conferences and seminars to foreign intellectual and policy elites
Taiwan’s 9-in-1 Election Results: Warning for the KMT-CPC Relationship
The end-November local election results on Taiwan suggest that China will have to both rethink the scope and recalibrate the pace of its embrace of the island
Reclaiming India’s Foreign Policy for its Citizens
In a country where it is a struggle to even exercise one’s rights, how much attention can ordinary citizens devote to foreign policy?
4th Plenum: Towards Rule of Law with Chinese Characteristics
The Decision of the 4th Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the CPC is arguing that there is no one-size fits-all approach to democracy or governance
Hong Kong’s Occupy Central: Of Democracy, ‘Law’, and Identity
What are the Hong Kong protests about and how do they impact developments elsewhere in China’s periphery and within the country itself? What link do the protests have with India?
Sino-Indian Sub-National Economic Ties: Changing the Game
As the two countries try to improve their economic ties, much of their efforts will have to be concentrated at the sub-national level
China and Narendra Modi
Does Narendra Modi’s decisive electoral victory hold significance for Chinese domestic politics? And what is China’s approach going to be to Prime Minister Modi?
India and China in Afghanistan: A Tangled Skein of Choices
The post-US drawdown situation in Afghanistan throws up a number of national and regional political and security challenges for India and China.
Thinking about China in India 