NEW DELHI: The political situation in China is becoming volatile as the 20th Party Congress draws near and rumours of imminent purges circulating in Beijing gain momentum. The absence of a ‘Revolutionary’ veteran founding leader with unchallenged authority to decide on leadership appointments has added to the uncertainty. Surviving leaders like Song Ping are over […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Recent developments suggest that the Chinese air force’s ability to operate from airfields on the Tibet Plateau have improved considerably, and to the point where they now have an edge over the Indian Air Force. How true is this? Air Marshal Anil Chopra, head of the Centre for Air Power Studies in Delhi, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: At the time of writing this, the Chinese satellite tracking vessel Yuan Wang 5 is yet to receive permission to dock at Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka, and Beijing has warned India against pushing Colombo on that issue. In this chat on The Gist, Rear Adm. Sudarshan Shrikhande, former chief of naval intelligence, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The first visit by China’s special envoy on Afghanistan to New Delhi comes more than four years after the two sides decided to cooperate on economic projects in that country. Little has happened since then given the downturn in relations following clashes in Ladakh in 2020. There was, however, some movement on training of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: If China decides to further escalate the situation post-Nancy Pelosi’s visit, it would be based on two things, says Dr Lai Yi Chung, President, Prospect Foundation, Taiwan. Either Xi Jinping or China hugely miscalculated their influence on the United States or Xi Jinping is actually not politically stable to continue, he told StratNews […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The aggressive measures announced by China against Taiwan in response to Nancy Pelosi’s visit are an attempt to recover its lost face and credibility, says Dr Lai Yi Chung, President, Prospect Foundation, Taiwan. There’s no indication yet that China is moving towards seizing some outlying Taiwanese island but we need to watch out […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Defying warnings from China, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, did arrive in Taiwan on Tuesday evening local time. Pelosi, the first U.S. Speaker to visit China in 25 years, was accorded a warm welcome. China reacted by imposing sanctions against several Taiwanese exports to the mainland and announced that it […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Despite 16 rounds of talks between India and China at the Corps Commander level, several friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) still remain. Time and again the Chinese side has shown its unwillingness, reluctance rather, in moving forward. And now, they have come up with a plan to build a […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Former Indian Ambassador to China, Mr Gautam Bambawale said that the Eastern Ladakh clash in 2020 was different from past clashes, in that, the clash of the patrols was not accidental but a well-thought-out, well-planned, well-simulated and well-carried out operation by the Chinese PLA. “China violated many of the agreements signed earlier between […]Read More
New Delhi: On ‘Talking Point‘, from Brisbane, Kevin Rudd, twice Prime Minister of Australia, Author of, ‘The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the US and Xi Jinping’s China’, President & CEO, Asia Society and President, Asia Society Policy Institute in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Underlining “there […]Read More
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