'India should give up confrontational approach towards China,' says Pitroda; BJP slams him, Congress distances itself
1 month, 1 week ago

'India should give up confrontational approach towards China,' says Pitroda; BJP slams him, Congress distances itself

New Indian Express  

Congress leader Sam Pitroda on Monday said that the threat from China is often exaggerated. India, he said, should recognise and respect China instead of assuming it as an enemy. In an exclusive interview with IANS, Pitroda was categorical in his take on India-China relations saying that there is a need to change India's mindset and stop assuming that China is the enemy. I think we need to change that pattern to assume that China is the enemy from day one.

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'Definitely Not The Views Of Party': Congress Distances Itself From Sam Pitroda's 'China Not Enemy' Remark
1 month, 1 week ago

'Definitely Not The Views Of Party': Congress Distances Itself From Sam Pitroda's 'China Not Enemy' Remark

ABP News  

The Congress on Monday distanced itself from party leader Sam Pitroda's statement over China and said that his statements are not the views of the party. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that China remains India's foremost foreign policy, external security and economic challenge. He said that Congress has repeatedly raised questions from the centre over its approach to China, including …

Stop Assuming China Is Enemy From Day One: Rahul Gandhi's Aide Sam Pitroda
1 month, 1 week ago

Stop Assuming China Is Enemy From Day One: Rahul Gandhi's Aide Sam Pitroda

ABP News  

Congress veteran Sam Pitroda has said the threat from China is often blown out of proportion. The leader who is a close aide of Congress's Rahul Gandhi added that it's time to recognise and respect China. BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said, "Rahul Gandhi's right-hand man Sam Pitroda: 'China isn't our enemy'! This man sings endless praises of China while the …

India-China relations 2025: Bridging the divide or widening the rift?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

India-China relations 2025: Bridging the divide or widening the rift?

Firstpost  

As India and China navigate the complexities of the 2020s, they face a choice: to pursue a route of cooperation while managing competition for mutual shared benefit or to let competition lead to confrontation, rivalry, and distrust The India-China relations, though webbed in complexity and distrust, are one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world. India and China, …

India will benefit from cooperation not by turning away from its neighbor: China Daily editorial
3 months, 1 week ago

India will benefit from cooperation not by turning away from its neighbor: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

In his meeting with President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit held in Kazan, Russia, on Oct 23, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted that maintaining the steady growth of India-China relations was critical for the two countries and peoples. Against a complex international landscape, cooperation between India and China, two engines of economic growth, could help …

India's Strategic Labyrinth: Navigating the Grey Zone with China
5 months ago

India's Strategic Labyrinth: Navigating the Grey Zone with China

Hindustan Times  

Following the recent bilateral between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at the Brics Summit, there is speculation about the future of India-China ties. While India's economy is catching up to China's, the two countries face significant differences in terms of military strength, economic influence, and strategic interests. India's strategic challenges include Sino-Pak collusion, grey zone threats, and …

India must help prevent US-China conflict, says former diplomat Gokhale
11 months, 4 weeks ago

India must help prevent US-China conflict, says former diplomat Gokhale

Live Mint  

Ongoing tensions in the Taiwan strait can impact Indian exports passing through the region, the domestic semiconductor industry relying on supplies from the area, and the critical undersea cable network anchored there, said Vijay Gokhale, former diplomat and foreign secretary, on Saturday. Speaking at the Mint India Investment Summit 2024, Gokhale emphasized the importance of India using its considerable diplomatic …

The real threat to the ‘India as we know it’
1 year, 1 month ago

The real threat to the ‘India as we know it’

The Hindu  

With the 17th Lok Sabha having ended, the stage is now set for the general election. The spectre of ‘Hindu majoritarianism’, whether intended or not, thus looms large in the minds of sections of the public, alongside a perception that ‘Mandir’ defines the nature of politics in an election year. The Opposition charge sheet includes aspects such as attempts to …

Why China has permanent adversarial attitude towards India
1 year, 7 months ago

Why China has permanent adversarial attitude towards India

Hindustan Times  

The standard refrain of Chinese leadership to Indian leadership raising the border issue is that boundary differences should be put in a “proper place” and that the two countries should work together towards normalization of the bilateral relations in other areas. Sure enough, the PLA had a stand-off with Indian Army in the Depsang Bulge area, south of Daulet Beg …

India Not In Business Of Containment Of China: Ex-Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran In Beijing
1 year, 8 months ago

India Not In Business Of Containment Of China: Ex-Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran In Beijing

ABP News  

New Delhi: India is not involved in any kind of “containment” of China even as it aligns its foreign policy objectives closely with the United States aimed mainly at achieving its own developmental goals, former foreign secretary Shyam Saran said at an event in Beijing. The sooner you dispense with that perspective, the better it would be in terms of …

China derides India’s military as no threat to Beijing and ‘unlikely to catch up’
1 year, 9 months ago

China derides India’s military as no threat to Beijing and ‘unlikely to catch up’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In one of the closely watched exchanges during the …

India’s China strategy needs to be debated
1 year, 10 months ago

India’s China strategy needs to be debated

The Hindu  

The Chinese have a knack for making headlines on India’s borders. Zhang Yongpan, of the Institute of Chinese Borderland Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, claims that China’s move to “standardise” names in Zangnan “completely falls within China’s sovereignty and it is also in accordance with the regulation on the administration of geographical names”. Happymon Jacob has identified …

India to overtake China in population by July 1: UN
1 year, 11 months ago

India to overtake China in population by July 1: UN

Hindustan Times  

The United Nations expects India’s population to touch 1.429 billion latest by July 1, which will make it the most populous country in the world for the first time. “What we can say is that China’s population reached its peak last year and started to decline, and that while India’s population is growing, its rate of population growth has been …

A resilient India, but growth pangs for China
2 years ago

A resilient India, but growth pangs for China

The Hindu  

The Chinese government has disappointed observers with the projection of a growth target of around 5% in 2023, which is lower than that of last year and even lower than the expected GDP growth for India in 2023. Job creation and foreign investment Against such a backdrop, job security is one of the most important objectives of the sustainable growth …

Modi govt doesn’t understand China’s actual threat: Rahul Gandhi
2 years ago

Modi govt doesn’t understand China’s actual threat: Rahul Gandhi

Live Mint  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has criticised the NDA government, stating that Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar does not understand the threat that China poses to India. Speaking to members of the Indian Journalists' Association in London, Gandhi said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that "nobody has entered Indian territory" is an invitation to China to repeat its aggression …

The futility of underbalancing China
2 years, 2 months ago

The futility of underbalancing China

The Hindu  

One of the most disquieting puzzles the Indian strategic community has been confronted with since 2020 are the sources of New Delhi’s underbalancing behaviour towards China. But does unambiguous political articulation of the China threat and setting redlines by New Delhi help? India’s options In other words, while domestic political calculation might be prompting the government to insufficiently acknowledge the …

Premature to Think India Will Replace China in Influencing Global Economic Growth: Rajan
2 years, 2 months ago

Premature to Think India Will Replace China in Influencing Global Economic Growth: Rajan

News 18  

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said it is too premature to think that India will replace China when it comes to influencing global economic growth. However, the situation may change going forward as India is already the world’s fifth largest economy, it is growing and has the potential to keep expanding. At a World Economic Forum press briefing …

China’s approach to India is like Russian approach to Ukraine, says Rahul Gandhi
2 years, 2 months ago

China’s approach to India is like Russian approach to Ukraine, says Rahul Gandhi

The Hindu  

China is following the same principle with India as Russia has done with Ukraine, Congress leader and Lok Sabha member from Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi, said in a one-on-one conversation with actor-politician Kamal Haasan, who had participated in the Delhi leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra. In the conversation, shared by Mr. Gandhi in his YouTube channel on Monday, the Congress …

China feels India needs to be shown its place
2 years, 3 months ago

China feels India needs to be shown its place

Live Mint  

Recent clashes between Indian and Chinese soldiers along the Line of Actual Control, or LAC, have once again underscored how a 20th century conflict continues to shape the 21st century trajectory of Sino-Indian relations and constrain New Delhi’s aspirations to play a larger role on the global stage. Even just a few years back, India’s crème de la crème believed …

India should be prepared for war with China: Why Xi Jinping may be tempted to open Himalayan fronts well before Taiwan
2 years, 3 months ago

India should be prepared for war with China: Why Xi Jinping may be tempted to open Himalayan fronts well before Taiwan

Firstpost  

Common sense says China would not make the mistake of attacking India, a rising power with a military that is among the best in the world. In fact, if one looks closely at the infrastructural development pursued by China in the last decade, and especially since 2020, it becomes obvious that Xi Jinping has a bigger and more ambitious Himalayan …

Head-on | How a rising India can counter China’s geopolitical challenge
2 years, 7 months ago

Head-on | How a rising India can counter China’s geopolitical challenge

Firstpost  

China’s pre-occupation with Taiwan over the next few years along with its continuing economic slowdown presents India with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rebalance the geopolitical odds in its favour Indian policymakers have several economic, geopolitical and military levers to counter the challenge China poses to India’s orderly rise as a regional power today and as a global power in the …

Reaping the demographic dividend
2 years, 7 months ago

Reaping the demographic dividend

The Hindu  

The UN report, World Population Prospects 2022, forecasts that the world’s population will touch eight billion this year and rise to 9.8 billion in 2050. A long-time critic of China’s population policy and author of Big Country with An Empty Nest, Yi Fuxian, believes that without its one child policy, China’s population, too, would have naturally risen and peaked at …

What a burgeoning population entails
2 years, 8 months ago

What a burgeoning population entails

Hindustan Times  

In India, population debate is a sensitive subject. This debate, which often acquires a political-religious colour, gathered steam this week with a United Nations report that said India may surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023. PREMIUM This week, a United Nations report said that India may surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023. …

China’s ‘inevitable’ global dominance
2 years, 10 months ago

China’s ‘inevitable’ global dominance

The Hindu  

Learning Mandarin in Hong Kong in 1971 soon after he joined the Indian Foreign Service opened “a whole new and fascinating world” for Shyam Saran. This encouraged the Chinese to balance this development by upgrading their own relations with India, and this increased India’s room for manoeuvre vis-à-vis China. At their meeting, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Wen Jiabao reached …

'India Won't Spare Anyone If Harmed': Rajnath Singh's Stern Warning To China Amid Ladakh Standoff
2 years, 11 months ago

'India Won't Spare Anyone If Harmed': Rajnath Singh's Stern Warning To China Amid Ladakh Standoff

ABP News  

New Delhi: In a stern message to China, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that India will not spare anyone if harmed asserting that the country has emerged as a powerful country under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Additionally, Singh also sent a subtle message to the United States, which has raised eyebrows over India's trade …

The way forward in India-China relations
2 years, 11 months ago

The way forward in India-China relations

The Hindu  

The tensions since May 2020 along the Line of Actual Control in the Ladakh sector of the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir presents a major policy challenge for India. The PLA is the army of a political party and its abiding objective, besides the stated ones of defending China’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, is ensuring the continued survival of …

China is India’s Threat No.1, Wang Yi Visit Just a Strategic Pause in Beijing’s Campaign of Aggression
3 years ago

China is India’s Threat No.1, Wang Yi Visit Just a Strategic Pause in Beijing’s Campaign of Aggression

News 18  

Visit of Chinese foreign minister to New Delhi without prior official announcement has generated immense excitement. Two decades later, when India is experiencing frequent incursions like in Doklam and Ladakh, the latter has lasted almost two years, besides open support to Pakistan on bilateral issues like Jammu and Kashmir has made George Fernandes’s 1998 statement ‘profound’. Resultantly, China now became …

India needs to shed its defensive policies and proactively counter China
3 years, 2 months ago

India needs to shed its defensive policies and proactively counter China

Firstpost  

China’s intransigence to implement border protocols that it signed with India, its belligerent militarism and border domination efforts, and forays in the Indian neighbourhood have strained its ties with India Barring a remote possibility of resuming active military hostilities in the border areas, India’s relations with China are headed towards continued armed stalemate in the new year of Tiger, in …

China objects to CDS Bipin Rawat's remarks calling Beijing 'biggest security threat' to India
3 years, 4 months ago

China objects to CDS Bipin Rawat's remarks calling Beijing 'biggest security threat' to India

India Today  

China has protested to India over Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat’s reported remarks about Beijing constituting the “biggest security threat”, the Ministry of Defence said in Beijing on Thursday. "Indian officials speculate on the so-called ‘Chinese military threat’ for no reason, which is a serious violation of the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries that …

Syed Ata Hasnain | Why China disengaged': Always carry a big stick
4 years, 1 month ago

Syed Ata Hasnain | Why China disengaged': Always carry a big stick

Deccan Chronicle  

After nine rounds of talks at the military theatre level which appeared to be tapering off without any results, we find a positive development announced by the Raksha Mantri in Parliament on Thursday: a decision to disengage between the Indian Army and China’s People’s Liberation Army in the over nine-month-long standoff in eastern Ladakh. My belief veers on the coercion …

US unveils plans to counter China’s rise in Asia
4 years, 2 months ago

US unveils plans to counter China’s rise in Asia

Al Jazeera  

In a new document, the US says it wants to counter China’s ‘predatory economic practices’, ‘accelerate India’s rise’ and help Taiwan ensure its ‘freedom from coercion’. It assumed that China will take “increasingly assertive” steps to compel unification with Taiwan and warns that its dominance of cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence will “pose profound challenges to free societies.” While the …

The ball is in China’s court, writes Harsh V Pant
4 years, 4 months ago

The ball is in China’s court, writes Harsh V Pant

Hindustan Times  

India’s recalibration of its ties with China continues apace even as the situation along the Himalayan frontier remains tense. From Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeting China at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit to external affairs minister S Jaishankar talking of the need to respect territorial integrity and sovereignty at the East Asia summit, New Delhi is now more vocal than …

India tells China: We will discuss A to Z, not just south bank of Pangong Tso
4 years, 6 months ago

India tells China: We will discuss A to Z, not just south bank of Pangong Tso

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: India has clearly told China that it will talk about disengagement in the whole of Ladakh starting from Depsang plains to Pangong Tso, said sources. Sources said that China is not ready to accept that it first transgressed across the line of actual control and is insisting that talks should be held on disengagement from South banks of …

Is China avoiding conflict or secretly planning a counterattack against India?
4 years, 6 months ago

Is China avoiding conflict or secretly planning a counterattack against India?

India Today  

India’s capturing of key strategic heights along the southern bank of the Pangong Lake during the intermittent night of August 29 and 30 and the subsequent firing incidents at the Line of Actual Control on September 7-8 marked a new round of escalation in China-India border confrontation, which has been going on since early May. It is interesting to note …

AP Explains: What’s driving India-China military standoff
4 years, 6 months ago

AP Explains: What’s driving India-China military standoff

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Tensions along the disputed India-China border seem to be getting worse, three months after their deadliest confrontation in decades. ___ THE LINE OF ACTUAL CONTROL The fiercely contested LAC separates Chinese and Indian held territories from Ladakh in the west to India’s eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims in its entirety. In all, China claims …

Explained: What's driving India-China military standoff
4 years, 6 months ago

Explained: What's driving India-China military standoff

India Today  

Tensions along the disputed India-China border seem to be getting worse, three months after their deadliest confrontation in decades. India objected and claimed Aksai Chin as part of Ladakh, itself belonging to the former principality of Kashmir Relations were further strained after India allowed Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to establish a self-declared government-in-exile in the northern Indian town …

China only wants peace and harmonious relations... Stop the record, we've heard all this before
4 years, 7 months ago

China only wants peace and harmonious relations... Stop the record, we've heard all this before

Firstpost  

Over the decades, India and China have set up countless mechanisms to facilitate dialogue on a variety of topics relevant to the bilateral relationship, not least of which is the geographical delineation of the two countries The sense of déjà vu, that the sense of déjà vu is inescapable, is inescapable. That “China’s basic policy towards India remains unchanged” is …

China Not Strategic Threat to India, an Invisible Virus is Bigger Danger, Says Chinese Ambassador
4 years, 7 months ago

China Not Strategic Threat to India, an Invisible Virus is Bigger Danger, Says Chinese Ambassador

News 18  

China is not a strategic threat to India and does not harbour expansionist agenda, Chinese ambassador to India Sun Weidong said on Thursday, claiming the country is dedicated to peaceful development. First, #China is committed to peaceful development, and is not a“strategic threat”to #India.— Sun Weidong July 30, 2020 Invisible virus rather than China is the threat. It is short-sighted …

'Invisible virus, not China, a threat to India': Ambassador Sun Weidong says nations should handle relations cautiously
4 years, 7 months ago

'Invisible virus, not China, a threat to India': Ambassador Sun Weidong says nations should handle relations cautiously

Firstpost  

The Chinese ambassador to India said the two neighbours need to straighten views on three key issues, including that Beijing is not a strategic threat to New Delhi India and China should handle relations “cautiously, calmly and rationally” while avoiding “suspicion and confrontration”, Chinese ambassador to India Sun Weidong said on Thursday. Stating that “China’s basic policy towards India remains …

Can Counter-coercion Work Against a Belligerent China?
4 years, 8 months ago

Can Counter-coercion Work Against a Belligerent China?

News 18  

While there is a lot of chatter about various strategies that India could adopt in the wake of the recent PLA aggression and continued military build up in Eastern and Northern Ladakh, there appears to be a sense of acceptance creeping in that not much is going to change as the summer passes by and the snows come in. That …

Rahul Gandhi explains why India's lack of global vision in tackling China aggravates him
4 years, 8 months ago

Rahul Gandhi explains why India's lack of global vision in tackling China aggravates him

India Today  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has released his third video on India’s handling of the conflict with China. Rahul Gandhi has been talking about India’s conflict with China over the Ladakh border dispute and has so far released three videos talking about the Modi government’s handling of the situation. pic.twitter.com/8L1KSzXpiJ — Rahul Gandhi July 23, 2020 Rahul Gandhi further said in …

The main planks in a counter-China policy
4 years, 8 months ago

The main planks in a counter-China policy

The Hindu  

The situation along the China-India border in Ladakh region is still tense. India’s strategic thinkers and planners must keep this in mind, while drawing up plans to checkmate China’s predatory actions in the mountainous border regions. Such programmes not only provide an enduring link between India and these countries but also help contrast India’s ‘untied aid’ with that of countries …

China’s post-COVID aggression is reshaping Asia
4 years, 8 months ago

China’s post-COVID aggression is reshaping Asia

The Hindu  

India’s deadly encounter with China in the Galwan Valley is not an outlier in Beijing’s recent behaviour in Asia. China’s coronavirus “mask diplomacy” has given way to tense geopolitical confrontations with a growing array of its neighbours, from stand-offs with Vietnam and Malaysia in the South China Sea to threatening Australia with boycotts of wine, beef, barley, and Chinese students. …

The standoff and China’s India policy dilemma
4 years, 8 months ago

The standoff and China’s India policy dilemma

The Hindu  

For China, which has long been preoccupied with its relentless pursuit to approach the centre of the world and in managing a turbulent relationship with the United States, the June 15 incident of a violent face-off between Chinese and Indian troops at the Line of Actual Control, causing casualties on both sides, came as a big jolt. No accident On …

How to counter China
4 years, 8 months ago

How to counter China

The Hindu  

The June 15 clash between India and China in the Galwan Valley offers a glimpse of what may lie ahead for India. China’s economic opening-up has left India behind, contributing to a military imbalance. Not coincidentally, from rough parity in 1989, China’s military spending last year more than tripled India’s. If India cannot close the economic gap and build military …

China is so fixed on the US, it may lose India
4 years, 9 months ago

China is so fixed on the US, it may lose India

Al Jazeera  

Two significant events related to China’s foreign relations took place in mid-June: a bloody clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers near the Galwan Valley along the disputed border, and a special meeting in Hawaii between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Yang Jiechi, director of the Office of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Foreign Affairs Commission. Where India stands …

Why China Issue Demands Comprehensive Strategy, Not Crisis Management
4 years, 9 months ago

Why China Issue Demands Comprehensive Strategy, Not Crisis Management

News 18  

One thing is clear from the events of the past month, brought into sharp focus by the deaths in the Galwan Valley on the night of 15 June — this border crisis with China is different from anything in the past fifty years. The scale of this standoff and the PLA’s intransigence along the LAC suggest that China hopes to …

Galwan standoff: Decoding China’s unusually aggressive stand against India
4 years, 9 months ago

Galwan standoff: Decoding China’s unusually aggressive stand against India

India TV News  

Galwan standoff: Decoding China’s unusually aggressive stand against India An Indian diplomat in Shanghai once told me, China never takes any decision in haste. It's worth noting that even when the USA had refused to give visa to Narendra Modi when he was Chief Minister of Gujarat, China had readily taken CM Modi to Beijing. Any investigation into Chinese role …

India-China News: Boycotting China is like curing cancer, says Sonam Wangchuk on Galwan Valley clash
4 years, 9 months ago

India-China News: Boycotting China is like curing cancer, says Sonam Wangchuk on Galwan Valley clash

Live Mint  

One of the leading voices of the 'Boycott China' movement in India has once again urged the Indian consumers to consolidate the people driven move against Beijing. Sonam Wangchuk's video titled, 'China Ko Jawaab Part 3 | A Tribute to Martyrs of Galwan Valley,' was released on Thursday, a day after over 20 troops, including an Indian commanding officer, were …

Remaining non-aligned is good advice
4 years, 9 months ago

Remaining non-aligned is good advice

The Hindu  

For weeks, the India-China stand-off dominated newspaper headlines, warning about the possibility of a major conflict along the Line of Actual Control in the Ladakh and Sikkim sectors. To merely affirm that India’s decision to strengthen its border infrastructure was the main trigger for the recent show of strength by China, would be simplistic. U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest ploy …

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