A multilateral alternative, by Asia
5 years ago

A multilateral alternative, by Asia

The Hindu  

After a gap of 200 years, Asian economies are again larger than the rest of the world’s combined. As India and China resolve their border dispute, Asia is providing the multilateral alternative to a world divided by values, and no longer by ideology. As the world leader in digital transactions China is developing block chain-based financial infrastructure in BRI countries and exploring an international block-chain currency for digital settlements without relying on the dollar, thus reducing U.S. leverage. Both the U.S. and China have regular high-level discussions on strategic issues with India, recognising its demographic, technological and resource potential to be part of a future global triumvirate. By 2030, there is every possibility of a triumvirate Asia, and Africa, former colonies with conditions closer to India than to China, are waiting for late-comer India, a civilisational state like China, to lay out its vision of a digital, cooperative, sustainable multilateral strategic framework to complement the frameworks of the other two powers.

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India-China: Tactical détente, strategic differences
1 month, 2 weeks 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 …

Jaishankar Sends Indirect Reminder to China on Respecting International Law in Brics Meeting
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Jaishankar Sends Indirect Reminder to China on Respecting International Law in Brics Meeting

Deccan Chronicle  

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has sent an indirect reminder to China that agreements reached must be respected and adhered to, without exception. He also suggests measures to create a more equitable global order, including strengthening platforms of an independent nature, reforming established institutions, and democratising the global economy.

Focus on intermediate zones
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Focus on intermediate zones

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY As the US-China strategic competition has heated up in recent years, the United States has stepped up its criticism and attacks on the Belt and Road Initiative. The BRI improves economic connectivity on a transcontinental scale, enhances relations between China and other countries participating in the initiative, and strengthens political trust between China and intermediate zone states …

Focus on intermediate zones
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Focus on intermediate zones

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY As the US-China strategic competition has heated up in recent years, the United States has stepped up its criticism and attacks on the Belt and Road Initiative. The BRI improves economic connectivity on a transcontinental scale, enhances relations between China and other countries participating in the initiative, and strengthens political trust between China and intermediate zone states …

Focus on intermediate zones
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Focus on intermediate zones

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY As the US-China strategic competition has heated up in recent years, the United States has stepped up its criticism and attacks on the Belt and Road Initiative. The BRI improves economic connectivity on a transcontinental scale, enhances relations between China and other countries participating in the initiative, and strengthens political trust between China and intermediate zone states …

Focus on intermediate zones
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Focus on intermediate zones

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY As the US-China strategic competition has heated up in recent years, the United States has stepped up its criticism and attacks on the Belt and Road Initiative. The BRI improves economic connectivity on a transcontinental scale, enhances relations between China and other countries participating in the initiative, and strengthens political trust between China and intermediate zone states …

Tech ties with West, with eyes on China
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tech ties with West, with eyes on China

Hindustan Times  

The United Kingdom -India Technology Security Initiative rounds off a trifecta of such bets taken by India--the country launched similar initiatives with the United Stated and the European Union in 2023. Collaboration with leading nations on emerging technologies, such as telecom security, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology and semiconductors will certainly benefit India. There is also an opportunity for India …

Geo-neutrality: India is lukewarm to Nato’s invitation for good reason
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Geo-neutrality: India is lukewarm to Nato’s invitation for good reason

Live Mint  

During the spring of 1948 in post-war Europe, an extra-parliamentary coup brought Czech communists to power in Prague. Some political thinkers from the realist school, like professor John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago, believe that Nato’s eastward expansion is culpable of having goaded Russia into conflict with Ukraine. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, despite Nato’s …

From BRICS to BRICS plus: Old partners and new stakeholders
10 months, 1 week ago

From BRICS to BRICS plus: Old partners and new stakeholders

Hindustan Times  

Multilateral institutions reflect the power realities of the time of their inception. The group’s first joint statement declared support for multilateral rule-making in global governance and a multipolar world order, and committed the BRIC countries to a “democratic and transparent decision making and implementation process at international financial organisations.” The four leaders committed their nations to the cause of reforming …

Ten years of inclusive multilateralism
1 year, 2 months ago

Ten years of inclusive multilateralism

China Daily  

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY The BRI and BRICS+ group will be important factors in the development of trade and infrastructure investment to Africa The Belt and Road Initiative was proposed 10 years ago. Based on "China Belt and Road Initiative Investment Report 2023 H1-the First 10 Years" by Fudan University's Green Finance& Development Center, the initial data published in the first …

Is India-Middle East-Europe Corridor Truly A Threat To Chinese BRI?
1 year, 3 months ago

Is India-Middle East-Europe Corridor Truly A Threat To Chinese BRI?

ABP News  

The Middle East is witnessing a paradigm change in their world as old foes are turning into friends, and hitherto unthinkable political alliances are rapidly changing the region's economic equations. Announced on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit held in New Delhi on September 9-10, the IMEC presents a possible threat to China's 'Belt and Road Initiative', or the …

Exercise caution on plans to expand Brics
1 year, 5 months ago

Exercise caution on plans to expand Brics

Hindustan Times  

A push by China to admit new members into the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa grouping has set the proverbial cat among the pigeons. Admitting developing countries who are financially in hock to China could mean the marginalisation of India, which has earned the tag of the voice of the Global South through its own bilateral and multilateral …

View from the Himalayas | What will come of China's best laid plans?
1 year, 5 months ago

View from the Himalayas | What will come of China's best laid plans?

Hindustan Times  

The year 2023 marks 10 years since China launched One Belt One Road, now known as the Belt and Road Initiative. But even among the South Asian BRI members, there are notable differences, with Pakistan, China’s ‘all-weather friend,’ being by far the biggest BRI investment destination under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Though China’s infrastructure engagement in Nepal has followed a …

China casts a shadow as NATO allies debate expanded role in Asia
1 year, 6 months ago

China casts a shadow as NATO allies debate expanded role in Asia

Live Mint  

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, along with other Asian leaders, aims to bolster ties with NATO during an important summit in Lithuania in the coming week. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno confirmed that Kishida intends to emphasize the importance of stronger relations between Japan and NATO, despite objections from Beijing regarding the alliance's activities in the region. Earlier this year, …

Implications of China’s increasing security footprint in Central Asia
1 year, 7 months ago

Implications of China’s increasing security footprint in Central Asia

Hindustan Times  

China’s rising security footprint in Central Asia is causing concern among regional and global stakeholders. In this context, evaluating the forces driving China’s security engagement in Central Asia, its methods to security cooperation with regional partners, and the ramifications of its increasing footprint for the region and beyond is essential. China’s security cooperation with Central Asian countries has taken several …

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 …

A ground plan for India’s reformed multilateralism
2 years, 3 months ago

A ground plan for India’s reformed multilateralism

The Hindu  

Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to the United States has set the stage for an expansive range of bilateral and multilateral diplomacy by India. Coming just after the recently concluded Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meets in Samarkand, which was attended by the Prime Minister, India’s varied multilateral engagements showcase a road map for India’s renewed multilateral diplomacy. Overhauling the …

Deepening strategic commitment
2 years, 7 months ago

Deepening strategic commitment

The Hindu  

The Quad held its second in-person leaders’ summit in Tokyo on May 24. India and the U.S. agreed to disagree on Ukraine, but showed full readiness to further strengthen the Quad and their bilateral cooperation, which, U.S. President Joe Biden said, he was “committed to making…among the closest we have on Earth.” With China, he has moved beyond the traditional …

India, China border emerging as a bigger flashpoint than Taiwan for a short, sharp war; all bets are off​
3 years, 2 months ago

India, China border emerging as a bigger flashpoint than Taiwan for a short, sharp war; all bets are off​

Firstpost  

India has been forced to respond. India said it expects that “China will avoid undertaking action under the pretext of this law which could unilaterally alter the situation in the India-China border areas” and clarified that “such unilateral move will have no bearing on the arrangements that both sides have already reached earlier, whether it is on the Boundary Question …

US-China policy: Biden bringing together Japan, Australia and India to stare down China
3 years, 3 months ago

US-China policy: Biden bringing together Japan, Australia and India to stare down China

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Forget France, AUKUS and nuclear-powered submarines – one of the most important moments for the future of US influence in Asia is due to take place on Friday in Washington. US President Joe Biden is holding the first in-person meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, better known as “the Quad,” an informal strategic forum of the …

British foreign secretary Liz Truss defends AUKUS, says pact shows UK's commitment to stability in Indo-Pacific
3 years, 3 months ago

British foreign secretary Liz Truss defends AUKUS, says pact shows UK's commitment to stability in Indo-Pacific

Firstpost  

The comment comes in the wake of France’s foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian accusing the country of “constant opportunism” London: Britain’s new security agreement with the US and Australia showed the country’s “hard-headed” commitment to stability in the strategic Indo-Pacific region, UK’s new foreign secretary Liz Truss said on Sunday. The alliance — widely seen as an effort to counter …

Shaping a trilateral as Rome looks to the Indo-Pacific
3 years, 6 months ago

Shaping a trilateral as Rome looks to the Indo-Pacific

The Hindu  

One of the signs of India’s growing centrality in the Indo-Pacific strategic architecture is its burgeoning engagement with key western nations. The growth of India’s weight in Indo-Pacific affairs comes at a time when it is becoming clearer that complex regional geopolitical problems cannot be addressed adequately by rigid and structured traditional alliance frameworks. During a recent India-Italy-Japan trilateral, organised …

China to hold Asia Pacific Ministers meet on Wednesday to discuss BRI projects
3 years, 6 months ago

China to hold Asia Pacific Ministers meet on Wednesday to discuss BRI projects

Live Mint  

Beijing: China has convened a key ministerial conference of Asia Pacific countries on Wednesday to discuss cooperation of its Belt Road Initiative, days after G7 countries headed by the US announced plans to “Build Back Better World" to counter Beijing’s multi-billion-dollar infrastructure development initiative. The Group of Seven comprising the US, Canada, Britain, Germany, Italy, France and Japan at their …

China is Crossing Limits of Diplomatic Conduct. But It Must Know Notion of Middle Kingdom is Obsolete
3 years, 9 months ago

China is Crossing Limits of Diplomatic Conduct. But It Must Know Notion of Middle Kingdom is Obsolete

News 18  

It is becoming clear that the Biden government intends to pursue a tough policy towards China. China will be countered on many fronts: human rights issues in Xinjiang and Tibet, threats to Taiwan, violating Hong Kong’s autonomy, encroachments in the East and South China Seas, freedom of navigation and overflight issues, preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific, unfair trade practices, …

India has become negative asset at fora like BRICS, SCO: China’s Global Times
3 years, 10 months ago

India has become negative asset at fora like BRICS, SCO: China’s Global Times

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: India has become a negative asset at fora like the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Chinese state-backed Global Times said in a piece on Friday. The Global Times said in recent years India had been moving closer to the US “worsening India-China and India-Russia relations and affecting the development of some China-led or Russia-led groupings…such …

India-China Relationship Truly At Crossroads, Ladakh Standoff Profoundly Disturbed Ties: EAM Jaishankar
3 years, 11 months ago

India-China Relationship Truly At Crossroads, Ladakh Standoff Profoundly Disturbed Ties: EAM Jaishankar

ABP News  

India-China Relations: In a curt message to China at the 13th All India Conference of China Studies, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the terms between the two countries is truly at the crossroads. Last loss of life at India-China border before 2020 was as far back as 1975,” Jaishankar said. “That is why the events in Eastern Ladakh …

Furious China asks US to stop \'meddling, repeating old lies\'
4 years, 2 months ago

Furious China asks US to stop \'meddling, repeating old lies\'

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Furious over criticism directed at it by Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper in New Delhi on Tuesday, China on Wednesday blasted the United States and accused it of “repeating old lies, violating the norms of international relations and basic principles of diplomacy, and instigating” other countries in the region against …

With eye on China, India-US deepen defence ties
4 years, 2 months ago

With eye on China, India-US deepen defence ties

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a strong message to China at the conclusion of the third edition of the 2+2 Dialogue, United States secretary of state Michael R. Pompeo said the US "stands with India to deal with any threat” and expressed his country's support for India's efforts to "defend its sovereignty". The two nations “shared assessment of the security situation across …

As ties with India plunge, Chinese scholar calls for hard-line ‘reset’
4 years, 3 months ago

As ties with India plunge, Chinese scholar calls for hard-line ‘reset’

The Hindu  

A prominent Chinese strategic affairs expert who recently carried out a “survey” along the India-China border has warned of the prospect of worsening relations with India and called for “a reset of China’s India strategy” to deal with a fundamentally changed relationship. Some of those voices have explained China’s actions along the border since May, when Beijing deployed a large …

China using ’coercive’ tactics in pursuit of territorial, maritime claims: Pentagon
4 years, 4 months ago

China using ’coercive’ tactics in pursuit of territorial, maritime claims: Pentagon

Live Mint  

Washington: China has been using "coercive" tactics in pursuit of territorial and maritime claims in the South and East China Seas, as well as along its border with India and Bhutan, according to a Pentagon report. "These tactics are particularly evident in China's pursuit of its territorial and maritime claims in the South and East China Seas as well as …

China and Nepal Should Support Each Other's Core Interests: Chinese Official
4 years, 5 months ago

China and Nepal Should Support Each Other's Core Interests: Chinese Official

News 18  

China and Nepal should firmly support each other's core interests and major concerns, a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday as the two countries held their annual diplomatic consultations. The 13th round of diplomatic consultations between China's Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui and Nepal's Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi via video conferencing came amidst Beijing's deepening political and diplomatic influence …

The Democracy Factor in Indian Foreign Policy Amid the New Cold War Between China & US
4 years, 5 months ago

The Democracy Factor in Indian Foreign Policy Amid the New Cold War Between China & US

News 18  

As tensions in Sino-Indian relations continue to escalate, the role of democracy in shaping India’s response to growing Chinese assertion has become increasingly prominent. Yet although US President Donald Trump can undermine Chinese influence from afar, India’s geographical proximity to China places them in an extremely volatile position. By banning various Chinese mobile applications, including top social media platforms such …

Prepare for a new, aggressive China
4 years, 6 months ago

Prepare for a new, aggressive China

Hindustan Times  

The carefully built and nurtured framework of cooperation with competition with regard to the India-China relationship in the past two decades has been demolished in the wake of the clash in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley and China’s attempt to coerce India through massive military deployment in Aksai Chin. The Indian military, in all its dimensions, will have to be ready for …

China border dispute may push India closer to some of Beijing’s top rivals
4 years, 6 months ago

China border dispute may push India closer to some of Beijing’s top rivals

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Relations between China and India have always been complicated. Graham Crouch/Bloomberg/Getty Images Encircling China In an editorial Wednesday, the influential Hindustan Times said that “China wants to limit New Delhi’s power and ambition; it wants India to accept Beijing’s primacy in Asia and beyond.” In response, the newspaper urged, New Delhi should “double down on its …

US slams China for ‘reordering’ Indo-Pacific to its advantage
5 years, 7 months ago

US slams China for ‘reordering’ Indo-Pacific to its advantage

Live Mint  

The US has slammed what it terms China’s efforts to “reorder” the Indo-Pacific region to its advantage by leveraging military modernization and predatory economics to coerce nations, while describing India as a partner with which Washington shares a “common outlook” about the Indo-Pacific. In its Indo-Pacific Strategy report of 1 June, the US department of defence has said that “India …

US studies say BRI not a debt trap
5 years, 8 months ago

US studies say BRI not a debt trap

China Daily  

By Chen Weihua | China Daily Global | Updated: 2019-05-13 09:58 Two studies released in the past weeks should put to rest the blind accusation that China's infrastructure financing under the Belt and Road Initiative has sucked developing nations into a debt trap. Brautigam's opinion piece was based on studies conducted by her China-Africa Research Initiative at the SAIS, which …

US studies say BRI not a debt trap
5 years, 8 months ago

US studies say BRI not a debt trap

China Daily  

Two studies released in the past weeks should put to rest the blind accusation that China's infrastructure financing under the Belt and Road Initiative has sucked developing nations into a debt trap. Deborah Brautigam, a leading authority on China-Africa relations at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, dismissed such accusations in an opinion piece in The …

3 Ways China Can Make the Belt and Road Initiative More Successful
5 years, 8 months ago

3 Ways China Can Make the Belt and Road Initiative More Successful

The Diplomat  

As a midsize European country, Italy is keeping a subtle balance between the European Union and China since its signing of a memorandum of understanding on joining Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative. According to the latest BRI report in 2019 released by the country, the Chinese government had signed 173 cooperation agreements with 125 countries and 29 international organizations by …

Why China is desperate for India to join BRI
5 years, 8 months ago

Why China is desperate for India to join BRI

Deccan Chronicle  

A strange wonder is this country India”, Emperor Alexander, the mightly Macedonian, had observed in 326 BC, on the eve of his “Battle of Hydaspes” with local king Porus on the banks of the Jhelum in Punjab. How else can one explain the volte-face by Chinese ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui, who just three weeks after suggesting that there could …

Taking advantage of BRI
5 years, 8 months ago

Taking advantage of BRI

The Hindu  

There are at least five reasons why India should have sent an observer to the Belt and Road Initiative Forum that begins in Beijing on April 25. Meeting infrastructure needs Third, the Asian Development Bank, not China, drew global attention to infrastructure as the key driver of economic growth in Asia and the financing gap of $26 trillion. The BRI’s …

China tunnels into India’s idea of Kashmir
5 years, 10 months ago

China tunnels into India’s idea of Kashmir

Live Mint  

India believes that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a major threat to its national security. Not only will China’s military power appear simultaneously in its east, north and west flanks, but Pakistan will also be able to completely cut off India from Iran. India announced just one day before the event that it would not be participating, explaining that in …

India, China ties to remain tense in 2019: US spymaster
5 years, 11 months ago

India, China ties to remain tense in 2019: US spymaster

ABP News  

Washington: Relations between India and China is expected to remain tense this year, despite the efforts of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping to improve ties between the two nations, a top American spymaster told lawmakers on Tuesday. National Intelligence Director Dan Coats said though Modi and Xi held an informal summit in April 2018 to …

India, China ties to remain tense in 2019: Spymaster tells US Congress
5 years, 11 months ago

India, China ties to remain tense in 2019: Spymaster tells US Congress

India TV News  

Relations between India and China is expected to remain tense this year, despite the efforts of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping to improve ties between the two nations, a top American spymaster told lawmakers on Tuesday. National Intelligence Director Dan Coats said though Modi and Xi held an informal summit in April 2018 to defuse …

France and Germany can help India secure a free and open Indo-Pacific, counter ambitions of ascendant China
5 years, 11 months ago

France and Germany can help India secure a free and open Indo-Pacific, counter ambitions of ascendant China

Firstpost  

A joint column by French ambassador Alexander Ziegler and German Charge d’ affaires Jasper Wieck has called for deeper cooperation between the European Union and India. The Franco-German partnership, based upon the need to uphold “a multipolar rules-based order, a trade and development policy based on partnerships, a free and open Indo-Pacific region,” has huge importance for India if it …

Why China’s BRI has run into roadblocks
6 years ago

Why China’s BRI has run into roadblocks

Live Mint  

New Delhi: When China initiated its ambitious ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ to boost infrastructure and connectivity globally, India was one of the few countries that refused to take part in it. As the majority of the loans come from Chinese institutions that are basically state entities, China gains immense leverage over the recipient countries. In addition, China’s policy to send …

Pieces of the Asian dream
6 years, 4 months ago

Pieces of the Asian dream

The Hindu  

This has so far been the year of the India-China reset. From the informal Narendra Modi-Xi Jinping summit at Wuhan on April 27-28 to Prime Minister Modi’s keynote speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 1, to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in June 9 at the Chinese port city of Qingdao, all have sparked a lot of …

China Distances Itself from India-China-Pakistan Trilateral Idea
6 years, 6 months ago

China Distances Itself from India-China-Pakistan Trilateral Idea

The Quint  

Asked whether China is distancing from Luo's remarks, Geng said, "What I said represents the official position of the Chinese side". The Chinese envoy to India had also said that bilateral ties between India and China can't take the strain of another Doklam episode and emphasised the need to find a "mutually acceptable solution" on the boundary issue through a …

China's proposed trilateral meet with India, Pakistan spells danger for New Delhi, could leave it outnumbered
6 years, 6 months ago

China's proposed trilateral meet with India, Pakistan spells danger for New Delhi, could leave it outnumbered

Firstpost  

Since the suggestion includes a reference to solving border issues, the future of Jammu and Kashmir will surely be foremost on the agenda of both China and Pakistan. While making the suggestion, the Chinese ambassador pointedly spoke of avoiding another Doka La type confrontation—a reference that could be read as a tacit threat, or at least coercion. Indeed, if one …

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