The entire Chinese juggernaut or economic ‘miracle‘ (that finances the patent expansionist ambition) is predicated on the seamless to-and-fro of its wares, supplies and energy requirements. For this, ensuring that no enemy power can enforce a ‘choke‘ or stranglehold on its trade / seafaring routes, is imperative. Guaranteeing such sovereign power-assertion triggers justifiable fears of encroachment and usurpation of the traditional spheres of influence of other countries.
September 23, 2021The Chinese pivot to what is effectively a redistribution of wealth model albeit updated to factor in contemporary realities is breath-taking in its sweep; and it’s been made possible only because policy is unapologetically formulated and ruthlessly implemented from the top
September 19, 2021China's aggressive wolf-warrior diplomacy, coupled with its more subtle influence operations, has allowed it to infiltrate deep into several key sectors of India, by using its warfare doctrine of winning without fighting.
September 9, 2021The Taliban is inherently an inflexible, dogmatic and puritanical phenomenon that vehemently disallows exceptions, leniencies, and accommodations. For Beijing to genuinely believe that the Taliban in its new avatar will accede to Chinese interests (like Pakistan does), is very unlike and unbecoming of the perennially wary Chinese. The societal and political dynamics within Pakistan and Afghanistan are very different
August 28, 2021By the end of Sunday, the number of imported Covid-19 cases rose to 4,518 on the mainland.
January 18, 2021Pictures of the newly built housing colony have been shared on the social media by Konchok Stanzin, councillor of the Chushul constituency and former executive councillor of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) of Leh.
December 21, 2020The two ministers agreed that both sides should take guidance from the consensus reached by leaders of the two countries on developing India-China relations, and ensure differences do not become disputes.
September 11, 2020'At no stage has the Indian Army transgressed across the LAC or resorted to use of any aggressive means, including firing,' Indian Army said.
September 8, 2020The Indian and Chinese foreign ministers will also be in Moscow in next few days as S Jaishankar will be heading to Moscow for a meeting of the SCO Foreign Ministers on September 9.
September 4, 2020'India’s move has grossly violated China’s territorial sovereignty, seriously violated relevant agreements, protocols and important consensus reached between the two countries,' said Chinese embassy spokesperson Ji Rong.
September 1, 2020The army is committed to maintaining peace and tranquillity through dialogue but is also equally determined to protect its territorial integrity, Indian Army said.
August 31, 2020Morrison's comments came after he ruled out lifting Australia's cap on international arrivals, which is currently set at 4,000 per week.
August 23, 2020Talking to the media, Kundu said two Chinese choppers had entered in Indian airspace on 11 April and 20 April at Samdo near Kaurik, the last point on the strategic Hindustan-Tibet road, located at around 344 km from Shimla.
August 5, 2020The next concern for China is withdrawing to status quo ante. If it does so early, it would signal a Chinese defeat as at Doklam. If it delays, then it would face the tough Ladakh winter.
July 28, 2020Srivastava said the senior military commanders, at their meeting on 30 June, discussed issues related to disengagement at the face-off sites along the LAC and de-escalation from the border areas.
July 2, 2020If this stands true, the hacking would further worsen the relations between the two countries which are already strained around the origin of Covid-19 and sentencing to death of an Australian drug smuggler.
June 19, 2020“Both sides suffered casualties that could have been avoided had an agreement at higher level been scrupulously followed by the Chinese side,” it said.
June 16, 2020