Chinese Defence Minister Gen. Liang Guanglie’s visit to India highlighted four important issues in the Sino-Indian bilateral relationship – the AfPak situation, the boundary dispute, bilateral military cooperation, and Chinese views about the Indian media.
Category Archives: War and Conflict
Sino-Indian Cooperation: Will Oil Companies Show the Way?
Can India and China learn to cooperate in other fields following in the path of their oil companies? Or are the travails of their oil companies an indicator of the difficulties ahead in Sino-Indian relations?
A US-India-China Trilateral? Big Promise but Dim Prospects
A US-India-China trilateral dialogue based on traditional security considerations is not likely to get very far. Therefore, start with non-traditional security issues of common concern.
India’s China Policy: Time to Overcome Political Drift
New Delhi’s China policy, and indeed its foreign policy, should be based on interactions with and support from a citizenry well-informed and knowledgeable about China.
Migration and Exile at the Thai-Myanmar Border
A short account of a trip along the Thailand-Myanmar border made in July-August 2011 together with Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman and Brian Orland
China and India’s Agni-V Missile Test
Military capability – including nuclear weapons and credible missile delivery systems – can only form one part of India’s overall China policy, at best an insurance policy. And surely nobody takes insurance hoping there will be an occasion to claim it.
Chinese Claims on Arunachal: A Consequence of the Sino-Tibetan Dispute
In the mid-1980s, the core of the boundary dispute for China shifted eastward to Arunachal Pradesh. At least three possible reasons can be highlighted for this new Chinese emphasis. .
To Intervene or Not to Intervene?
There is debate within China on whether the country is truly ready to take up a more active political role internationally and whether in the rush to get involved, it might not end up damaging its long-term interests.
15th Sino-Indian SR Talks: Moving Beyond the Boundary Dispute?
The 15th round of talks between the Chinese and Indian Special Representatives on the boundary dispute suggests a desire to minimize the role of the dispute in bilateral ties and to move discussions to include regional and global issues.
Thinking about China in India 