India's Policy Towards China Must Leverage Latter's Two-Front Situation
1 year, 8 months ago

India's Policy Towards China Must Leverage Latter's Two-Front Situation

The Quint  

While a ‘two-front’ dilemma has posed a critical security challenge to India for quite some time, China fears a similar situation, which hasn’t received enough attention within Indian strategic circles. After the Communist Party of China won the civil war against the Guomindang nationalist government and forced the latter to flee to Taiwan in 1949, it feared a US-backed GMD invasion from the east. On its western front along the Himalayas, China was wary of Indian interference in Tibet and accused it of colluding with the US to instigate secessionist tendencies during the 1950s and early 1960s. Referring to the US, he wrote that “the enemy of the Chinese people lies in the East…China’s main attention and policy of struggle are directed to the east…and not to India.”

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An India-China reset needs bold and new thinking
11 hours, 50 minutes ago

An India-China reset needs bold and new thinking

The Hindu  

The hallmark of mature leaders is to resolve disputes peacefully and not let them escalate into conflicts. Second, India must not deviate from its “One China” policy by appearing to support Taiwan’s independence or to play the “Tibet” card. With the U.S. under Trump 2.0 threatening to hike tariffs on Chinese imports, India’s large and fast-expanding market offers a growth …

China offers to work with India to stabilize bilateral relations 'at an early date'
1 week ago

China offers to work with India to stabilize bilateral relations 'at an early date'

Firstpost  

The world’s two most populous nations are intense geopolitical rivals and have accused each other of trying to seize territory along their unofficial divide, known as the Line of Actual Control China said on Tuesday it was willing to work with India to stabilise bilateral relations “at an early date” ahead of rare high-level talks this week on a decades-long …

India-China: Tactical détente, strategic differences
3 weeks, 6 days ago

India-China: Tactical détente, strategic differences

Firstpost  

A new phase of high-level India-China dialogue has been unlocked following the October 21, 2024, agreement on border patrolling. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping, along with both nations’ foreign and defence ministers, have held meetings since then, with the ministers’ talks concluding just last week. Prime Minister Modi’s characterisation of the relationship with China as “important and …

Transforming Ties: India's Evolving Foreign Policy Towards China and Other Neighbours
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Transforming Ties: India's Evolving Foreign Policy Towards China and Other Neighbours

Firstpost  

India's evolving foreign policy towards China and other neighbors is evident in the recent development of a significant agreement between the two countries on a comprehensive economic and maritime security partnership. This move signifies India's ability to adapt its foreign policy to suit changing circumstances and prioritize its interests, despite facing challenges from China's assertive posture. The agreement also highlights …

Himalayan Thaw Sends Shockwaves Across the World: A Multipolar Showdown
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2 months ago

Himalayan Thaw Sends Shockwaves Across the World: A Multipolar Showdown

India Today  

The Himalayan thaw sends shockwaves across the world, with India and China breaking their decades-long border standoff. Both sides have agreed to restore stability on the border, marking a significant shift in their relationship. The timing of the meeting is seen as apt, given the changing geopolitical landscape and the chaos in US domestic politics. The focus on economic cooperation …

Thaw in Sino-Indian Relations: A Gradual Approach to Normalization
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2 months ago

Thaw in Sino-Indian Relations: A Gradual Approach to Normalization

Firstpost  

The article highlights the thawing of Sino-Indian relations, with a focus on the India-China meeting in Kazan. It emphasizes that normalizing ties between the two countries is a significant step towards stability and security in the Indo-Pacific region. However, it also acknowledges that complications may arise due to differing perspectives and the need for verification of moves by both sides. …

India and China are not competitors, but cooperators: Chinese Envoy to India Xu Feihong
3 months ago

India and China are not competitors, but cooperators: Chinese Envoy to India Xu Feihong

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In reponse to the recent statement made by External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar in Geneva that nearly 75 per cent of the issues between India and China have been resolved, with the exception of the border dispute, Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong emphasised that India and China should not be viewed as competitors but as coordinators. …

Grand Tamasha: US-India relations under the Biden administration
3 months, 1 week ago

Grand Tamasha: US-India relations under the Biden administration

Hindustan Times  

As the US presidential elections rapidly approach and the world bids farewell to the Biden administration, how far have US-India relations travelled over the last four years and where might they go next? In the episode, which aired last week, Tellis assessed the Biden administration’s handling of the explosive “murder-for-hire plot”, the unfinished business of the US-India civil nuclear deal, …

India’s China challenge: The stakes are higher than ever before
3 months, 3 weeks ago

India’s China challenge: The stakes are higher than ever before

Firstpost  

There is hardly any clarity on what China wants — whether Beijing aims to amicably settle the boundary issues and make further progress in trade and cultural ties or if it seeks to encroach on India’s territory On April 10, 2024, amidst the high-pitched and polarising campaign for the upcoming national elections in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a …

India plays opportunistic game in US: China Daily editorial
4 months ago

India plays opportunistic game in US: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told his hosts in Kyiv on Friday, one month after his visit to Moscow, he was committed to playing a personal role in trying to mediate in the over-2-year-old conflict between Ukraine and Russia, urging both sides "to sit together and look for ways to come out of this crisis". Speaking to a gathering of Indian-Americans …

Why India needs to balance security concerns with neighbours’ sovereign considerations
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Why India needs to balance security concerns with neighbours’ sovereign considerations

Firstpost  

A recent news report that a Chinese research vessel was heading for a third port-call in Maldives this calendar year went mostly unnoticed in India. In terms of India’s ever-expanding security concerns viz China, a ‘research vessel’ is as good as a ‘spy ship’ with capabilities for satellite-search and underwater research for both viscosity and mineral deposits, among others. Among …

Pinching the dragon’s tail on future of Tibet
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Pinching the dragon’s tail on future of Tibet

Hindustan Times  

The recent visit of the United States Congressional delegation to Dharamshala and the Dalai Lama’s visit to New York have catapulted Tibet to newspaper headlines. The first US Tibet Policy Act of 2002 had been a mild articulation of the need to protect Tibet’s water security and its environment, promised assistance to Tibetan refugees and urged China to engage with …

India will not be a willing pawn of US: China Daily editorial
6 months, 2 weeks ago

India will not be a willing pawn of US: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

India's Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Narendra Modi gestures to the gathering as he arrives to take the oath of office for his third term as prime minister during the oath-taking ceremony at presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on June 9, 2024. Given it is the US administration's consistent policy to push India to act as a "counterbalance" to …

India’s nuanced approach in the South China Sea
8 months ago

India’s nuanced approach in the South China Sea

The Hindu  

In March 2024, India’s External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, articulated, in a joint statement during his visit to Manila, India’s full support for the Philippines in upholding its national sovereignty. Both these statements are part of an evolving approach that signals a departure from India’s earlier more cautionary and neutral position vis-à-vis the South China Sea. China’s assertive posture and …

Will the India-China rivalry ever end
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Will the India-China rivalry ever end

Hindustan Times  

Previously, mentioning India and China often evoked a sense of Asian solidarity, anti-colonialism, and rising economies. Besides territorial disputes, the two have a plethora of disputes in other realms ranging from the ever-increasing trade imbalance in China’s favour, lack of equal market access to Indian products, existence of several tariff and non-tariff barriers against Indian goods and services, weaponisation of …

‘Nehru was against America’: Jaishankar on foreign policies under Congress govt in 1950s
9 months ago

‘Nehru was against America’: Jaishankar on foreign policies under Congress govt in 1950s

Hindustan Times  

External affairs minister S Jaishankar, at a summit on Wednesday, comparing the governance under former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and PM Narendra Modi said that India needed to “get out of the cult worship where anything from 1946 till pick-your-year were great years and everything went splendidly, everything that went wrong other people were to blame”. Companies are audited, after …

India, China and the pitfalls of personalised diplomacy
9 months, 1 week ago

India, China and the pitfalls of personalised diplomacy

Live Mint  

For a country that represents a bigger threat to India than Pakistan, China remains severely under-understood in India except for a clubbish handful of China specialists in academia and in the Indian Foreign Service. With near missionary zeal, Gokhale, who was India’s ambassador to China from January 2016 to October 2017, has written three books on China in quick succession …

‘China may have concluded India is now tilting to the U.S.’
11 months ago

‘China may have concluded India is now tilting to the U.S.’

The Hindu  

China may have concluded that India is tilting towards the U.S. “rather than maintaining relative neutrality” on China-U.S. rivalry, according to Vijay Gokhale, former Foreign Secretary, Ambassador to China, and author of the new book Crosswinds: Nehru, Zhou and the Anglo-American Competition over China which examines various aspects of India’s relations with the U.S., Britain and China in the 1950s. …

‘If we were more Bharat…': Jaishankar's fresh attack on Nehru's China policy
11 months, 3 weeks ago

‘If we were more Bharat…': Jaishankar's fresh attack on Nehru's China policy

Hindustan Times  

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday once again invoked Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, saying there would have been a 'less rosy' view of India's relationship with China if the country would have been more ‘Bharat’. There is a kind of record in form of an exchange of letters between Sardar Patel and Pandit Nehru on China and they had a …

Rise of China, its assertiveness in Indo-Pacific region shaped Indo-US relationship: former Foreign Secretary
1 year, 1 month ago

Rise of China, its assertiveness in Indo-Pacific region shaped Indo-US relationship: former Foreign Secretary

The Hindu  

The rise of China, and its assertiveness, especially in the Indo-Pacific region, has shaped the relationship between India and the U.S. in various sectors such as technology, manufacturing, defence and environment, former Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said on Wednesday. Speaking on ‘India’s place in the changing world’ at the Luminary Lecture Series organised by the Christian Medical College, Ms. Rao …

Warming ties: The Hindu Editorial on Bhutan-China relations and India’s concerns
1 year, 1 month ago

Warming ties: The Hindu Editorial on Bhutan-China relations and India’s concerns

The Hindu  

This week’s visit of Bhutan’s Foreign Minister Tandi Dorji to China, was unprecedented on several levels. Given Bhutan’s unique dependence on India, there is little doubt that it will have taken New Delhi on board in its efforts to normalise relations with China, in return guaranteeing India’s security interests and red lines. One such red line will involve keeping China …

‘High level of military tension’ with China over the last three years: Jaishankar
1 year, 2 months ago

‘High level of military tension’ with China over the last three years: Jaishankar

The Hindu  

There has been a “high level of military tension” with China over the last three years, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said, characterising the overall state of “very abnormal” relations between New Delhi and Beijing since the border clashes of 2020. We have, of course, this high level of military tension,” Dr. Jaishankar told an audience in New York …

Despite Xi’s decision not to attend G20 in India, China says bilateral ties are ‘generally stable’
1 year, 3 months ago

Despite Xi’s decision not to attend G20 in India, China says bilateral ties are ‘generally stable’

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Despite Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decision not to attend this week’s Group of 20 summit in India, Beijing says that relations between the two nuclear-armed Asian giants remain “generally stable.” China announced on Monday that Premier Li Qiang, who took office just this spring, would represent China at the Sept. 9-10 meeting in New Delhi. Relations between China …

U.S.' relationship with India 'critical' in dealing with China, Russia: Congressman Ro Khanna
1 year, 3 months ago

U.S.' relationship with India 'critical' in dealing with China, Russia: Congressman Ro Khanna

The Hindu  

The U.S.' relationship with India is "critical" in dealing with its strategic adversaries — China and Russia, Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has said. Mr. Khanna said it was unreasonable for the U.S. to expect that India will block the Strait of Malacca during a conflict with China, but New Delhi can be aggressive on its borders in Ladakh and Arunachal …

Rahul Gandhi’s China statement is ‘incorrect’, claims Army veteran
1 year, 4 months ago

Rahul Gandhi’s China statement is ‘incorrect’, claims Army veteran

Live Mint  

Security expert Lt General Sanjay Kulkarni cautioned against Rahul Gandhi's recent claim that India lost land to China, stating such assertions during ongoing talks could hinder diplomatic efforts. While payis tribute to his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's 79th birth anniversary in Ladakh, Rahul said that PM Modi's claim that not an inch of Indian land was taken …

Slippery Slope of Geopolitics: The Sino Slide - News18
1 year, 4 months ago

Slippery Slope of Geopolitics: The Sino Slide - News18

News 18  

For four decades, the Chinese juggernaut has been marching forward. By the end of the last decade, the world, including the US, the P5 nations and India, had more or less reconciled to a future dominated by the G2 — the US and China. Indian public opinion now clearly treats China as its enemy number one — a burden that …

Review: Understanding the India China Border: The Enduring Threat of War in the High Himalayas by Manoj Joshi
1 year, 4 months ago

Review: Understanding the India China Border: The Enduring Threat of War in the High Himalayas by Manoj Joshi

Hindustan Times  

The 72-day Doklam crisis was a turning point in the matter of the disputed border called the Line of Actual Control between India and China as it facilitated the People’s Liberation Army’s passage from border management to war preparation. Not only did China succeed in this, but it also managed to “shake Bhutan loose from the close embrace of India, …

Why China has permanent adversarial attitude towards India
1 year, 4 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-China relations discussed in Jakarta
1 year, 5 months ago

India-China relations discussed in Jakarta

The Hindu  

In a reflection of continuing differences in how India and China view taking ties forward, Beijing’s top diplomat Wang Yi told External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Jakarta that “specific issues” shouldn’t “define the overall relationship”. In Friday’s talks, which the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday had been held at India’s request, Mr. Jaishankar said both …

China's West-ed Interests: Beijing Called Out for ‘Interference’ in World Democracies
1 year, 6 months ago

China's West-ed Interests: Beijing Called Out for ‘Interference’ in World Democracies

News 18  

China, under President Xi Jinping’s leadership, has been accused of meddling in the affairs of foreign countries across the world. Almost a week ago, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry summoned China’s ambassador to protest the comment he made, accusing Seoul of tilting towards the United States and away from China. Speaking at an event in New Delhi, Lithuanian Ambassador to India …

India’s China strategy needs to be debated
1 year, 7 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 …

The View from India | India’s message to China
1 year, 7 months ago

The View from India | India’s message to China

The Hindu  

As the Chinese Defence Minister, General Li Shangfu, visited New Delhi last week for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Defence Ministers’ Meeting, his host, India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, had a clear message for him and Beijing: that the violation of existing agreements by China had “eroded the entire basis of bilateral relations. Their 45 minute-long bilateral talks last week were …

Is Trust a Foregone Conclusion in India-Russia Relations? It's All About China
1 year, 7 months ago

Is Trust a Foregone Conclusion in India-Russia Relations? It's All About China

The Quint  

Of late, observers in India have expressed growing concern regarding Russia’s continued drift toward Beijing, especially following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Moscow visit where he met Russian President Vladimir Putin in late March. For instance, former foreign secretary Shyam Saran recently opined that Russia’s vulnerable position vis-a-vis China empowers the latter to restrict the former’s engagement with India. It is …

A plan to counter China economically
1 year, 8 months ago

A plan to counter China economically

Hindustan Times  

Over the past few years, the growing aggression of the Chinese Communist Party has rang alarm bells across the world. Indian policymakers declared that India’s dependence on Chinese imports must be curtailed, and the old motto of self-reliance regained currency. On the trade front, India’s dependence on China remains higher than it was in the decade leading up to the …

China’s wolf warriors rachet tensions over Arunachal Pradesh and Indo-Pacific
1 year, 8 months ago

China’s wolf warriors rachet tensions over Arunachal Pradesh and Indo-Pacific

Hindustan Times  

After delineating security under his de-facto chief of staff Cai Qi and national economy under new prime minister Li Qiang last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s wolf warriors are now at work with military muscle display in the Indo-Pacific and sharp tongue against India over its so-called claims over Arunachal Pradesh. Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed military preparedness on the …

Excerpt: Understanding the India China Border by Manoj Joshi
1 year, 8 months ago

Excerpt: Understanding the India China Border by Manoj Joshi

Hindustan Times  

The Sino–Indian relationship is actually a complex equation where there are some constants like the boundary dispute, the United States and Tibet, and a number of variables at a given time, like the economic condition, domestic political situation, geopolitical orientations and so on. As Shivshankar Menon put it: “roughly since 2012 the basic understanding on which you maintained your border …

White House official denounces Beijing for ‘provocative’ steps at India-China border
1 year, 8 months ago

White House official denounces Beijing for ‘provocative’ steps at India-China border

Hindustan Times  

Some of the steps being taken by Beijing along the India-China border has been "provocative", a top White House official has said while reaffirming that the United States is "destined" to work more closely with India. The increased prospect of India-China border hostility has implications for the United States and its Indo-Pacific strategy between the two Asian giants, it said. …

‘Provocative steps’ taken by Beijing along India-China border, says US
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Provocative steps’ taken by Beijing along India-China border, says US

India TV News  

Washington: Terming some of the steps being taken by Beijing along the India-China border as “provocative” and “deeply concerning”, a top White House official reiterated that the United States is destined to work more closely with New Delhi. The report said that Indian officials think China is attempting to contain India by making it spend more resources simultaneously defending its …

Recalibrating India’s Approach to Myanmar
1 year, 9 months ago

Recalibrating India’s Approach to Myanmar

The Diplomat  

More than two years after the military coup in Myanmar, India’s longstanding approach to the country needs to change – at least, that was the argument put forward recently by Gautam Mukhopadhaya, a former Indian ambassador. In a two-part op-ed published in The Wire last month, Mukhopadhaya, who served as ambassador from 2013 to 2016, took aim at India’s “near …

Difficulties at border but India, China don’t want war: Top Chinese diplomat
1 year, 9 months ago

Difficulties at border but India, China don’t want war: Top Chinese diplomat

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The India-China relationship is facing difficulties due to the situation in Ladakh sector of the Line of Actual Control but neither side wants war or confrontation in the border areas, China’s chargé d’affaires Ma Jia said on Wednesday. China’s chargé d’affaires Ma Jia sought to play down the impression that China and Russia’s insistence on not raising the …

Tactic of denial over Chinese occupation of Indian territory could prove costly
1 year, 10 months ago

Tactic of denial over Chinese occupation of Indian territory could prove costly

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 09, 2023 10:35 IST At the top of the Karakoram Pass lie two heaps of stones, around 50 feet apart. When The Hindu’s Ananth Krishnan asked the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson in September 2022, he said that Beijing would not accept India’s demand to restore the status quo of April 2020 as it “was created by India’s …

Is there a way out of the troubled India-China relationship?
1 year, 10 months ago

Is there a way out of the troubled India-China relationship?

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 09, 2023 10:35 IST India-China relations have gone through cycles of conflict and cooperation over nearly 75 years. In my 2020 book written just after the Galwan clash, India Versus China: Why They Are Not Friends, I suggested that one way of thinking about the long-term conflict between the two sides is in terms of four Ps: …

Deal with China firmly: Rahul Gandhi to govt.
1 year, 10 months ago

Deal with China firmly: Rahul Gandhi to govt.

The Hindu  

The government must deal with China firmly and make it clear that "we are not going to tolerate them sitting on our land", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said here on the eve of the culmination of his Bharat Jodo Yatra on Sunday. Addressing a press conference hours after unfurling the tricolour at Lal Chowk here, the former Congress president, who …

China’s ‘aggressive’ actions caused India to join Quad, says Mike Pompeo in book
1 year, 10 months ago

China’s ‘aggressive’ actions caused India to join Quad, says Mike Pompeo in book

Live Mint  

Former Secretary of State for United States Mike Pompeo's book has made some shocking revelations with regards to international relations and foreign policy. Pompeo in his book stated that India was forced to change its strategic position and reverse its otherwise independent foreign policy and join the four-nation Quad, owing to China's aggressive actions. In his latest book 'Never Give …

U.S. official slams China’s aggressive moves on LAC
1 year, 11 months ago

U.S. official slams China’s aggressive moves on LAC

The Hindu  

The U.S. feels China has not taken any “good faith steps” to resolve the conflict along the Line of Actual Control and is continuing its “aggressive moves”, said senior U.S. official Donald Lu, during a visit to Delhi where he held talks with officials of the Ministry of External Affairs. Although the U.S. has said that India and China should …

China’s approach to India is like Russian approach to Ukraine, says Rahul Gandhi
1 year, 11 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 ready to work with India for 'steady and sound growth' of ties: Foreign Minister Wang Yi
1 year, 11 months ago

China ready to work with India for 'steady and sound growth' of ties: Foreign Minister Wang Yi

The Hindu  

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on December 25 that China is ready to work with India for the "steady and sound growth" of bilateral ties and the two countries are committed to upholding stability at the border areas where tensions have prevailed since 2020. In his address, Mr. Wang also briefly touched on China’s ties with Pakistan, saying the …

China stands ready to work with India: Chinese Foreign Minister
2 years ago

China stands ready to work with India: Chinese Foreign Minister

Deccan Chronicle  

Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on Sunday, said that China is ready to work with India through steady and sound growth of the relations, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry website. While addressing the reporters on China's relations with India, Wang said, "China and India have maintained communication through the diplomatic and military-to-military channels, and both countries are committed …

China feels India needs to be shown its place
2 years 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 …

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