Originally published as ‘What national interests has India achieved by abstaining at UNHRC vote on Xinjiang?’, Moneycontrol, 14 October 2022. In Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, George Smiley is asked a question about what morality was — whether it was a method or if it was “vested in the aims”. “Difficult to know what one’s aims …
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Originally published as ‘Samarkand SCO: Significance of the Modi-Xi non-meeting’, Moneycontrol, 19 September 2022. Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not meet one-on-one with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Uzbekistan on the sidelines of the 22nd meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) Council of Heads of State. At least there is no publicly shared evidence of the meeting …
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The Indian government allowed the Chinese envoy to grandstand and sell China’s narratives to the rest of the world
New Delhi continues to under-utilise the opportunity to revise and reset its China policy that the Chinese transgressions in eastern Ladakh provided nearly two years ago.
Always expressing optimism about the India-China relationship no matter what the circumstances is something of a standard operating procedure for Chinese interlocutors
It appears that the Indian government lacks the political will to deal with China firmly and unambiguously
If indeed, there is a rethink underway on the Indiangovernment’s approach to China on the LAC, it is about time.
China forces India to bend to the lowest standards possible in terms of democracy and accountability — which is to say to Chinese standards
The non-military uses of China’s civilian infrastructure build-up in TAR or Xinjiang must not be ignored
Thinking about China in India 