Xi places great stress on the CPC in the vanguard role for China. Taken together with his calls for national ‘rejuvenation’, it would appear there is a turn towards greater authoritarianism and centralisation in China.
Category Archives: Political Parties
China and its Neighbourhood: Perspectives from India and Vietnam
Jabin T. Jacob and Hoang The Anh (editors), China and Its Neighbourhood: Perspectives from India and Vietnam (New Delhi: Pentagon, 2017).
Tsai Ing-wen’s Visit to Central America
Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen is both pragmatic and a realist as she manoeuvres to preserve her country’s diplomatic space and values.
China and North Korea: A Convenient Arrangement
Denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula does not progress because Beijing sees North Korea as a greater threat not to itself but to China’s adversaries
India-Taiwan Relations: Promise Unfulfilled
India-Taiwan relations lack both ambition and creativity and suffer from not a little pusillanimity.
Parsing Tsai Ing-wen’s Inaugural Presidential Speech
Tsai Ing-wen’s inaugural speech as President of the Republic of China suggests that Taiwan will continue to chart a course differentiating itself from mainland China.
Interpreting Ma Ying-jeou’s Visit to Taiping Island
What are the implications of the Taiwanese president’s visit to the Spratlys for his country’s international space? What possibilities lie ahead for the incoming DPP administration?
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.
Of Perceptions and Policies
Review of Shishir Gupta’s ‘The Himalayan Face-Off: Chinese Assertion and the Indian Riposte’
Thinking about China in India 