Originally published at World Politics Review, 13 July 2022. It has been over two years since Chinese incursions in the summer of 2020 along the disputed India-China boundary in eastern Ladakh led to a series of skirmishes that left dozens of soldiers dead on both sides. Yet unlike a February 2019 confrontation with Pakistan, which …
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If indeed, there is a rethink underway on the Indiangovernment’s approach to China on the LAC, it is about time.
While a full-fledged India-China conflict is unlikely, peace and tranquillity along the LAC are well and truly things of the past.
固然，中印雙邊關係不僅僅是邊界爭端，但印度也越來越清楚，中國不願意考慮合作的潛在利益.
Structural problems between India and China are unlikely to be resolved by two leaders having ‘informal’ dialogues or meetings without agendas.
The next ‘informal summit’ between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be held in Varanasi on 12 October. The announcement of the date has been accompanied in recent days by a series of reports on the state of affairs on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between the two countries. …
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Does India have it in itself to become an economic and political alternative to China?
Xi Jinping’s China is not inclined to sharing leadership or space with anyone else.
‘Explaining the India-China Standoff at Doklam: Causes and Implications’, Aakrosh, Vol. 20, No. 77, October 2017, pp. 60-76. Extract: In mid-June 2017, India and China began a long standoff in the Doklam area of Bhutan that came to an end only in late August. The crisis originated when a Chinese road-building party moved into an …
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Thinking about China in India 