Tag: Sino-Indian relations

• Rethinking India’s Relations with China

  

  NEARLY SIX YEARS after the Galwan Valley clash in June 2020, India-China relations appear to be entering a phase of cautious recovery. A series of recent developments—ranging from the relaxation of trade restrictions to renewed diplomatic engagement and incremental progress on border management—have prompted claims that bilateral ties are back on an “upward trajectory”…

• Why China is building villages near LAC

  

  ON MARCH 26, China’s State Council announced the creation of a new county — equivalent to a district-level administrative unit in the Chinese political-administrative system — in Xinjiang, called Cenling…

• Dealing with India’s China Challenge

  

  WHEN ASKED IN 1924 why he wanted to climb Mount Everest, the British mountaineer George Mallory is reported to have replied, “Because it’s there.” He would disappear on Everest later that same year during an attempt to reach the summit…

• IS REGIONAL COOPERATION POSSIBLE WITHOUT BILATERAL COOPERATION?

  THIS PAPER ARGUES that while regional cooperation is often viewed as a positive good, it is not sustainable in the long term without strong ties between its constituents. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization exemplifies this reality, given the significant and long-standing tensions between two of its members, India and China…

• ചാരുന്നേയുള്ളൂ ; ഇന്ത്യ ചായുന്നില്ല (Only Leaning, India is Not Aligning)

  

  സജീവമായ സാമ്പത്തിക-ഭരണ വ്യവസ്ഥാപരമായ പരിഷ്‌കാരങ്ങളില്ലാതെ ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ചൈനാനയം പരിമിതപ്പെടുകയും സൈനിക-സാമ്പത്തിക ശക്തിസന്തുലനം ചൈനയ്ക്ക്അ നുകൂലമായി നിൽക്കുകയും ചെയ്യും…

• India-China thaw — real progress or an impression of progress?

  

  PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA Modi will head to China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) leaders’ summit at the end of August but attention will be focused on the bilateral relationship…

• India’s China policy at a crossroads

  

  THE IRONY IS that this ‘normalisation’ of ties with China is not one that is the result of hard bargains or one that showcases any advantages for India

• Why India must rethink its Tibet policy

  

  THE JULY 2 announcement by the 14th Dalai Lama stating that the traditional process of his reincarnation will continue is an occasion to examine Indian and Chinese responses, the reasons for the Dalai Lama’s decision and to ask the question of what Indian policy going ahead should be…

• China’s new trilaterals reshaping regional balance in South Asia

  

  FOR OVER A decade, China has pursued its grand strategic project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and more recently its extensions – the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilisation Initiative…