NEW DELHI: August marks the fourth month since the Indian Army detected and confronted China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops at Naku La in north Sikkim and other points on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. Since the beginning of the current standoff, the Chinese have also extended the arc of military […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In recent days, there has been a fair amount of comment in the media on the mobilisation orders issued by China, with attempts to link it with the developments along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between China and India since early May this year. These reports are generally misinformed. China commenced the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Since the beginning of May this year, China has created an arc of sustained military pressure along India’s northern borders. This presently stretches from Daulet Beg Oldi in Ladakh, to Naku La over a thousand kilometres to the East in north Sikkim and possibly on to Bhutan. China’s action appears to blend military, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: CCP General Secretary & Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have been badly bruised by public criticism, which was accentuated by the initial mishandling of the Coronavirus epidemic in Wuhan. After an extended hiatus, which includes Xi Jinping’s unexplained disappearance from public view at the peak of the crisis […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In the midst of the black clouds of the Coronavirus, or Covid-19, spreading uncertainty around the globe and governments grappling to stop the immense loss to human life and damage to their economies, world leaders have begun assessing the possible contours of the post Covid-19 world. The U.S. and West particularly are trying […]Read More