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NSA Doval busy dousing Pathankot fire, cancels visit to China

January 4, 2016January 4, 2016 - by India Writes Network

In the aftermath of the terror attack hitting the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot, killing seven Indian soldiers, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s visit to China, which was expected …

Solidarity in distress: China offers aid for Chennai floods

December 17, 2015December 17, 2015 - by India Writes Network

In the aftermath of the floods in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu, China has offered aid to Tamil Nadu. The floods led to the death of hundreds of …

China smells containment in India-Japan joint position on South China Sea

December 15, 2015December 15, 2015 - by India Writes Network

Containment anxieties seem to have gripped Beijing in the aftermath of the India-Japan joint position against “unilateral actions” in South China Sea during Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s just-concluded visit to India.

Ahead of Modi-Li meet, India, China focus on upgrade of security, counter-terror cooperation

November 20, 2015 - by Manish Chand

Ahead of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in the Malaysian capital, the two Asian giants have taken a defining step to upgrade their security and counter-terror cooperation, which has acquired an added urgency in the backdrop of the Paris terror attacks and the growing scourge of the Islamic State.

Terror tops Rajnath Singh’s agenda in China

November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 - by India Writes Network

Against the backdrop of increasing terror attacks in the region and across the world, India will be looking to step up security cooperation with China during Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s …

China’s Vice President’s visit to India to energise bilateral ties

November 4, 2015November 4, 2015 - by India Writes Network

Imparting a fresh momentum to bilateral ties, China’s Vice-President Liu Yuanchao is visiting India to carry forward the ambitious agenda for expanding bilateral ties that was firmed up during Prime …

India playing ‘South China Sea’ card for trade-off on border?

September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 - by India Writes Network

In the backdrop of India’s decision to restart oil and gas exploration off the Vietnam coast despite objections from Beijing and New Delhi’s Act East policy, a state-run Chinese think …

China’s V-Day and Contest for Power in East Asia: Indian response

August 30, 2015August 30, 2015 - by Srikanth Kondapalli

India is keenly watching the unfolding dramatic events in East Asia as these not only have a bearing on its recent “Act East” policy, but also on regional stability issues. At stake are not merely half of Indian trade, major investments, markets, technology flows that transit through this region but also the subtle messages of power transition between China and Japan in the short and medium term.
China is celebrating the “V-J [Victory over Japan] Day” on September 3 with a massive Beijing military parade. It is also the first time that Beijing would be inviting armed forces from abroad to participate in a national event and also the first time President Xi Jinping will be organising such an event. The previous military parade was several years ago on the 60th national day in October 2009.
today the increasing contest between powers in the region – as reflected in the rising nationalism and right-wing sentiments, higher defence allocations, military modernization and outreach – have contributed to spirals of tension.

India through the Chinese Lens

August 7, 2015August 7, 2015 - by India Writes Network

Public opinion in India has, at present, no way of figuring out how the country is viewed by its important neighbour to the North, the People’s Republic of China (PRC). …

India-China ties: Forging a new idiom of major powers relations

July 31, 2015July 31, 2015 - by Manish Chand

It’s a transformational moment in the history of India-China relations, marked by an infusion of fresh energy, dynamism and creativity in the way the two neighbours engage with each other. This is the first time the leaders of the two Asian giants have visited each other’s country within nine months, signalling their resolve to proactively cooperate in fashioning an emerging Asian century. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s May 14-16 visit to three cities in China – Xian, Beijing and Shanghai – was unique in many ways and cohered multiple strands of variegated relationship between the two Asian juggernauts that comprise one-third of the world’s population and boast of a collective GDP of over $12 trillion.

Prime Minister Modi’s visit to China consolidated the momentum generated by President Xi Jinping’s maiden visit to India in September 2014. Put together, these twin visits, and initiatives taken during the tenure of the previous government in Delhi, crystallize the emerging alphabet of India-China relations: A for Asia; B for Business; C for Culture; and D for Diplomacy and Development. This new vocabulary and semantics is set to script afresh new pathways of cooperation between the two neighbours, which are often portrayed as rivals and competitors in the Asian hemisphere, but are incrementally forging an ambitious and all-encompassing cooperative partnership straddling diverse areas.