of Jayadev Ranade’s. Cadres of Tibet (New Delhi: Knowledge World Publishers, 2018). pp. xi+199. Rs.1,120. ISBN: 978-93-86288-92-9. As the blurb of this book says, while information about the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) is plentiful in China’s official media, there is comparatively little about the people who actually govern the province in China. This book tries to fill …
Tag Archives: Tibet
When Religion and Politics Mix: The Dalai Lama and India-China Relations
There is no real Tibet card for New Delhi to play and India ignores its own Buddhists while supporting the Dalai Lama.
1962: A Very Particular View
Review of Shiv Kunal Verma’s ‘1962: The War That Wasn’t’
Chinese Provinces and Nepal: The Case of Tibet Autonomous Region
China appears to be using its provinces such as Tibet, Yunnan and Sichuan to exercise influence in a different, apparently less threatening way in Nepal.
Arunachal Pradesh in the Sino-Indian Boundary Dispute: Constant Claims, Changing Politics
The persistent Sino-Indian boundary dispute needs to be seen within the framework of centre-periphery relations in China and India and well as of their different political systems.
Interpreting Prime Minister Modi’s China Approach
Originally published as ‘Interpreting Modispeak on China’, The Hindu (Chennai), 14 May 2015. As Indian Prime Ministers and political leaders go, Narendra Modi is unique in possessing some significant experience of that country before attaining office. In fact, despite – or perhaps, because of – the differences in world views and how he has gone about understanding …
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Of Perceptions and Policies
Review of Shishir Gupta’s ‘The Himalayan Face-Off: Chinese Assertion and the Indian Riposte’
The Modi-Xi Tango: Missteps and Fluffed Lines?
If India thinks it has a Tibet card, then it must play it more wisely, not engage in theatrics.
China and Narendra Modi
Does Narendra Modi’s decisive electoral victory hold significance for Chinese domestic politics? And what is China’s approach going to be to Prime Minister Modi?
Thinking about China in India 