CHENNAI: The world is clear that the coronavirus originated in China. Whether it originated in a laboratory or a wet market of Wuhan is a matter of debate. However, one thing is certain. Once human to human transmission was confirmed, international travel was allowed by the Chinese while domestic travel was banned. Deliberately? The world […]Read More

NEW DELHI: What is China hiding? The question is not rhetorical, not least because U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s claim of “enormous evidence” linking the Wuhan virus to a Chinese laboratory. Beijing’s unwillingness to share information about the role it has played in unleashing a virus that has wreaked damage on a scale not seen since […]Read More

NEW DELHI: China’s military played a key role in checking the spread of the coronavirus beyond Wuhan and Hubei province. There were thousands of medical personnel from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) deployed to fight the virus. Additional personnel were deployed to aid infrastructure building and provision of essential supplies. In fact, it appears the military […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Reading Pradip Baijal’s book Containing the China Onslaught brought forth one question: how did an official from the IAS with no experience of foreign policy (his claim to fame was telecom reform and public sector disinvestment), end up writing a book on China? Baijal answered that question at a discussion on his book […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Australia and China are two countries with deep economic linkages that go back many years. These linkages have been mutually beneficial for both countries so much so that Australia’s largest trading partner is China. And yet, regardless of this inter-dependence, relations between the two countries have nose-dived after Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison demanded […]Read More
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