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Beijing is not doing as well as it would like us to think. Its economic challenges and isolation have meant it is keener than its put-off partners to achieve some normalcy in ties with other countries.
Though China has gained from the Ukraine crisis, the present situation also places China in a diplomatic bind. A strong proponent of the absolute nature of sovereignty, it does not support separatist movements.
China's ruling Communist Party, at its plenum, will deliberate on the economic and social agenda for China over the next five years focusing on financial reforms and how to maintain growth of around seven per cent. Contrast this with India where the new administration appears somnolent.
It is necessary for both India and China to strengthen diplomatic ties and initiate confidence-building measures to bridge the gap that exists between
How is the discrepancy between the Chinese government’s own words and the statistics it released is so pronounced? The answer to this question can b
It is hardly a secret that China has tried to intervene in local politics and shape elections in other countries
Whether China succeeds or fails, there will be geopolitical consequences which will be difficult to ignore.
Backing Moscow beyond a point is likely to hurt Beijing’s economic plans and long-term interests
Manila wants to have good ties with Beijing, but it will not allow itself to be subjugated to China’s narrowly defined objectives in the region
China claims to have purely benign intentions in South Asia. A closer look, however, at Beijing’s actions in the region strongly suggests that it is assiduously securing its national interests, which are likely detrimental to most if not all South Asian nations. In the future, all South Asian countries should be clear-eyed about what precisely Beijing is attempting to achieve in their region, and the potential long-term consequences.
The management of the coronavirus crisis has demonstrated a regional tendency to be loyal to China — to the point of endangering lives.
Admittedly, these are early hours and the following analysis will have to be corrected on the basis of further details as it comes out. But a couple of things are clear from the two statements.
Though the regional grouping continues to have difficulties on the issue, it nonetheless remains important to Hanoi’s calculations.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani visited China on May 17, barely two weeks after the killing of Osama bin Laden. The original purpose of the third Prime Ministerial meeting in 17 months - celebration of 60 years of Sino-Pakistan relations - was overshadowed by the Abbottabad raid,
With this electoral victory, Muizzu is more politically stable, incentivising him to tone down his anti-India rhetoric and reconcile with Delhi while
Given the trajectory of the China relations — Sri Lanka’s ‘India First’ policy will obviously be confined to bilateral security issues and New
Sri Lankan leadership seems wanting to take on the West, not on facts and details, as listed out by the OHCHR but on ‘core principles’
The international system may not revert to Cold War era blocs. But some tough choices lie ahead for countries
The trip produced a mixed outlook for New Delhi’s perceptions of Beijing’s inroads in the wider Indo-Pacific.
Duterte’s remarks indicate that the political costs of the SCS dispute to the parties outweigh potential benefits from the legal imprimatur that com
Geography necessitates that India play a role in the Belt and Road Initiative, but it is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor that’s keeping it away.
The Congress ended with the insertion of the ‘Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese characteristics for a New Era’ into the Party constitution, confirming Xi as the most powerful Chinese leader since Deng Xiaoping.
The CPEC may be a bilateral endeavour, but New Delhi cannot ignore its spillover effects on regional governance and regime creation in South Asia
Japan knows India is the best possible regional counter-weight to a rising China. At the same time, it has to work with China to counter global uncertainties.
Taiwan is not willing to be assimilated, at least politically, into the motherland
India and China have a deep and old connect which can be revived with greater exchange of businessmen, tourists and scholars with easy liberal availab
Potential security engagements among the three have spotlighted their increasing convergence.
Chinese gaming industry find itself being increasingly regulated to combat gaming addiction amongst youth.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to talk peace with Beijing. Why?
Will the globalization of the economic relationship trump the geo-politics that is being played out in East and South East Asia? For the US, the dilemma is acute, for it cannot ignore the pleas of its allies in the region nor allow an incremental drift to take place in the relationship.
The escalating geopolitical competition has placed the US and China at odds. Both sides need to stabilise their relationship given the role they play
While Beijing needs to flaunt its ‘true friend’ to the world, and Islamabad needs a counterweight to its ‘eternal enemy’ India.
Beijing knows that it cannot become a global power without friends. As the US has known, there is a limit to what you can do alone. The US with its network of friends, allies and partners is a case in point.
China’s purpose to expand BRICS is to promote its agenda and grand strategy more forcefully through the BRICS mechanism and stage and diplomatically
Beijing has been Africa’s largest trading partner since 2008.
Western nations continue to use Huawei as it does not have a coherent strategy to manage Beijing even after acknowledging the problems its rise has engendered.
The rising tempo of Chinese deployments in Tibet should be of concern to New Delhi.
While CPEC might actually be a game-changer for Pakistan, nobody seems quite sure what the game really is.
Under a bilateral agreement water data on the Brahmaputra is shared by China with India on the Brahmaputra, but a weak understanding of hydrology means that the data is coming from the wrong places
The idea of hotline, now stuck up on protocol issues, will play a role in reducing tensions between India and China.
