NEW DELHI: China’s President Xi Jinping appears driven by some messianic zeal about his country’s “rejuvenation”, a goal which he outlined six years ago and which appears to have lost ground in eastern Ladakh. But don’t expect him to throw in the towel, warns Jayadeva Ranade, former spook and head of the Centre for China […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Pakistan may be tempted to join good friend China in opening another front against India if the current military stalemate in Ladakh persists, feel former military officers Maj Gen BK Sharma (Retd), Director of USI and Lt Gen GS Katoch (Retd), member of India’s oldest military think tank in this episode of Strategic Insight […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Monday added fresh tension to the ongoing standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh. The PLA accused Indian troops of transgressing the Line of Actual Control and firing at a Chinese border patrol. India issued a strong denial, saying it never crossed the LAC. Rather it were Chinese troops that tried […]Read More
NEW DELHI: ‘If we don’t get any help, the Chinese government will wipe us out,” says Salih Hudayar, the ‘democratically elected’ Prime Minister of East Turkistan (Xinjiang). The Chinese Communist party(CCP) has “eliminated over 130,000 enemies, prevented the births of 3.7 million babies by forced abortion and sterilisation, killed between 190,000 and 750,000 people with […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China is in an aggressive mindset these days because it is anxious and eager about becoming the number one country in the world, says Shakti Sinha, former bureaucrat and author. Talking to StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale on our occasional programme Books Corner, Sinha speaks about the challenges he faced as editor […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Before May this year, Ladakh was more popular among bikers and tourists. A high altitude desert, Ladakh’s stark beauty with its vast open spaces, pristine blue skies and spectacular water bodies like Pangong Tso and Tso Moriri, attracted tourists from all over the country and abroad, especially after the climax of the popular […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The coming US presidential elections will be closely watched all over the world, more so in China where the top leadership is counting heavily on the defeat of President Trump and the victory of Joe Biden. Trump is seen as the architect of the rapid “economic de-coupling” resulting in the world turning away […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s 140 minute talks with his Chinese counterpart General Wei Fanghe in Moscow on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting are more important for “what is said in private rather than public,” says Ravi Agrawal, Managing Editor, Foreign Policy. That’s where, he adds “they’ll have honest […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Five days after Indian troops outmanoeuvred their Chinese opponents in gaining tactical heights on the south bank of Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh, the situation on the ground remains tense. Both sides have deployed troops, tanks and artillery guns which, at places, are barely 300-400 metres apart. Brigadier-level talks between both sides have been […]Read More
NEW DELHI: U.S. President Donald Trump is “completely obsessed with re-election” and doesn’t “understand how the deep Chinese embrace,” of South East Asian countries is “pulling them into Beijing’s womb,” says Elizabeth Becker, award winning author and expert on the region. Speaking to StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi, she says China is “picking […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China’s assault on the language and culture of the Uyghurs of Xinjiang is of recent origin, its assault on the Tibetans goes back to the decades since it invaded and occupied the region. In this exclusive interview with StratNews Global’s Parul Chandra, Tibetan researcher and human rights campaigner Tenzin Dawa said the Ethnic […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The PLA Air Force is being modernised very rapidly and is being used for strategic coercion. It is inducting long range vectors, depending upon no-contact warfare strategy. India needs to be not only aware of these changes in the PLAAF but also take countermeasures although the Indian Air Force is still ahead in terms […]Read More
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NEW DELHI: To deal with China, you must stay firm and strong, says Professor Tomohiko Taniguchi, Special Advisor to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s Cabinet, adding that “isolation is an invitation for aggression.” Speaking to StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi, on Abe’s legacy after he stepped down on August 28 with recurring health […]Read More
NEW DELHI: One reason why India could proportionately and timely respond to China’s aggressive expansionism in eastern Ladakh is the improved border infrastructure it has built over the past couple of years. Two roads—the ones that connect Leh with Manali and Srinagar—are already in place. Now, the Border Roads Organisation is stepping up work on […]Read More
An attempt by China to alter the status quo along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh has been thwarted by the Indian Army. Pre-emptive action by Indian troops to the south of Pangong Tso has foiled Chinese designs in the midst of a stalled disengagement process. “A new normal has been made. It’s […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzō Abe will still “carry a lot of clout” and is likely to anoint his successor, says former Indian Ambassador to Tokyo Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa. There will be “continuity in foreign policy” at least till elections scheduled before October 22, 2021, she told StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Imagine a nation of over 140 crore people, with each of them on the government’s radar! That’s China where the Communist Party doesn’t tolerate unpleasant surprises or even a whiff of dissidence. So, state surveillance is all-pervasive. Two ministry-cum-intelligence agencies are entrusted with the task. How do the Ministry of State Security (MSS) & […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China’s military expansionism abroad and the communist party’s totalitarian iron hand at home has re-focussed attention on the state’s many arms and their intent globally. India is reviewing the presence of ‘Confucius’ Institutes(CI). Several american, european and australian universities have shut shop with the chinese government collaborations. Are CIs just Beijing’s benign attempt at expanding […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “Russia will not jump into the China column” in any Delhi-Beijing confrontation, Professor Rajan Menon, the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Chair in Political Science, Colin Powell School for Civic & Global Leadership at the City College of New York tells StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. While there is a strong interest […]Read More
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