NEW DELHI: Is China moving to beef up its nuclear arsenal? References in the media would suggest otherwise but China’s media is state-owned and has been used in the past to trial balloon various ideas. Which is why when Global Times urged that China vastly increase the size of its nuclear arsenal, eyebrows went up. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Why is it that some portions on the northern bank of Pangong lake often see Indian and Chinese troops coming face to face? It has to do with differing perceptions of both the troops with regard to the Line of Actual Control (LAC), says Col. S Dinny (retd), who has served as the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Without a comprehensive long-term strategy, it’s unwise for the United States to have launched a major geopolitical contest against China, says noted academic and former diplomat Kishore Mahbubani. Speaking to StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale, Mahbubani, who is Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, The National University of Singapore, says China, which is […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Barring a miracle, China appears all set to implement its tough national security law that would negate Hong Kong’s cherished freedoms. In an exclusive chat with StratNews Global Editor Surya Gangadharan, Alvin Leung, Hong Kong Legislator and Lawyer says the people of the territory will not accept China’s attempt to ram the security […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Chinese ingress breaching the Line Of Actual Control (LAC) is a yearly phenomenon but this time the size of the PLA troops involved in the standoff is bigger in Ladakh. Amid conflicting media reports—some alleging invasion by the Chinese and others saying this is a seasonal occurrence—in this edition of ‘Simply Nitin’, StratNews […]Read More
NEW DELHI: President Trump’s offer of mediation, repeated twice, has been rejected by India and also by China. Diplomats and scholars described it as “non-serious”, given the manner in which it was conveyed. Also, mediation never works when two big countries are involved. Nevertheless, there are some interesting points to be noted. Trump’s offer comes […]Read More
This may come as a shock to many, but if one compares the India and Chinese deployment in the Himalayas, there’s not much difference between the two countries, whether in terms of manpower or equipment. Infrastructure-wise China has done a first class job but India is fast getting there and has the advantage of its […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China’s deliberate initiation of a face-off in the Galwan Valley must be seen in the context of its “incremental nibbling” of Ladakhi territory since the 1980s. Noted Tibet scholar and China watcher Phunchok Stobdan traces the current tensions back to 1984 when China encroached into Nagtsang, followed by Nakung in 1991, Lungma-Serding in […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Rattled by huge protests that erupted in Hong Kong last year over a proposed immigration law that ultimately led to it being junked, China has now introduced a draft national security law for Hong Kong that would bypass the city’s legislature and severely curb personal freedoms and, in effect, mean the end of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As world opinion gravitates against China because of its mishandling of the Chinese virus, noted China analyst Gordon G Chang is of the firm opinion that China must be held accountable. “The reason Chinese leaders should be deterred is because the Coronavirus is not the last pathogen that will be generated on Chinese […]Read More
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