NEW DELHI: A year after the Galwan clash, the standoff between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh continues despite a partial disengagement. India has hit back by banning hundreds of Chinese-made apps, including Tiktok, and barring Chinese tech major Huawei from 5G field trials. External Affairs Minister S […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In our series on one year since the clash in the Galwan Valley, we talk to Dr. Shen Ming-Shi, a former Taiwanese army colonel who is presently a fellow at the Institute for National Defense Security Research in Taipei. He says China may not provoke another clash on the disputed border with India, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Has the time come for an India Nato partnership? Strategic affairs commentator Dr. C Raja Mohan believes the time has come and India should not hold back from beginning a dialogue with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. The world’s premier security organisation has for its part, welcomed an opportunity to talk to India […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “China has lost India strategically. If they wanted India to play a role between them and the US, that is not going to happen. India is now firmly with the US,” says Gautam Bambawale, former ambassador to China and one of the longest serving joint secretaries on the MEA’s’ China Desk. He talks […]Read More
NEW DELHI: A year after the Galwan clash distrust between India and China has resulted in both sides have increased troop presence along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. That means India needs acclimatized reserves, the financial implications of which may be difficult to sustain over a long period of time, says […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Manoj Kewalramani has lived and worked in China and has a working knowledge of Mandarin. He leveraged that expertise and building on his research at the Takshashila Institution, has come out with his first book on China. With the pandemic as context, and relying on official China government documents, he analyses how the […]Read More
Law To ‘Protect’ Rights Of Military Authorities have approved a special law to protect the dignity and rights of military personnel. No organisation or individual may in any way slander or belittle the dignity of soldiers or defile the honours given to them. Those who infringe on the “reputation” and “honour” of martyrs shall be […]Read More
Hungary has witnessed unprecedented demonstrations against government plans to set up a campus of China’s Fudan University in the capital Budapest. But the protests seem to reflect multiple concerns: about the lack of transparency surrounding the project including the cost, and disquiet about the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban with elections due next year. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Shen Ming-Shi is a former colonel of the Taiwan army and is presently a Fellow at the Institute for National Defense Security Research in Taipei. He closely studies China’s military, looking particularly at their recruitment, training and equipment. In his view, China will never rule out a military invasion and occupation of Taiwan […]Read More
NEW DELHI: A study has warned that India and China, locked in confrontation on the Line of Actual Control, may also have to contend in the future with “water wars.” The study by the Washington DC-based Council on Strategic Risks and the Woodwell Climate Research Center, warns that the lack of information on BRI dam […]Read More
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