Tag: Sino-Indian relations
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Delhi’s multilateralism plank needs tweaking

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INDIA and China are now at the heart of their interactions in multilateral institutions and, thus, of geopolitics
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China’s calculated neutrality on Pahalgam

CHINA HAS ISSUED a series of statements in the wake of the terrorist attack in Pahalgam. How do we interpret these and what do they tell us about how it views India and Pakistan?…
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India-China relations at 75: An uncertain thaw

INDIA’S EXTERNAL AFFAIRS minister S Jaishankar has talked about “an unsettled world… one with a lot of turbulence and volatility”. The Communist Party of China general secretary and Chinese President Xi Jinping has similarly stated that the world was undergoing “great changes unseen in a century”…
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India-China Border Tensions Are Likely to Continue

AT THE END of January, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visited China in the latest step in an unfolding thaw in the relationship between the two countries. The thaw had begun in October last year with the conclusion of a bilateral agreement on the disengagement of troops from two points at the Line of Actual…
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‘Dragon-elephant tango’ sounds good, but India must not drop its guard

Chinese Premier Li Qiang presented his government’s work report at the annual meeting of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in March. The NPC is China’s top legislative body, and the work report offers budget allocations for the coming year, including ding for defence, as well as puts forward policy targets such as for GDP growth…
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Cooperative Federalism Essential for India’s China Policy

Balanced India-China economic relations cannot happen without balanced centre-state relations in India..
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Greater cooperative federalism in India a must to push economic thaw with China

TENSIONS IN INDIA-CHINA relations as far as the boundary dispute is concerned are here to stay. However, there is the belief — at least on the Indian side — that the economic relationship can and needs to be promoted…
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Indian Foreign Secretary’s Visit to Beijing Underlines New Delhi’s Limited Options
Originally published as ‘Vikram Misri’s Beijing visit underlines India’s limited options’, Deccan Herald, 4 February 2025. At the end of January, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visited China in the latest step in an unfolding thaw in the bilateral relationship. It should be clear, however, from the statements put out by each side on the meeting…
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Vikram Misri’s Beijing visit underlines India’s limited options

AT THE END of January, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visited China in the latest step in an unfolding thaw in the bilateral relationship. It should be clear, however, from the statements put out by each side on the meeting between Misri and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong that the two countries appear to want different things…