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Implications of the Ongoing Tension with China along the LAC

May 26, 2020 Jayadeva Ranade Commentary

China has accused India of crossing and violating the LAC. On 5 May the Chinese media reports said: On the May 18th, a reporter from the Global Times (in Chinese) learned from sources that the Chinese border guards have strengthened control over t....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Commentary , CPEC , PLA , Sikkim , LAC , Ladakh , BMP , Tibet , Military District

China Study Group Report: Domestic Politics and Economy in China during COVID-19

May 26, 2020 Dr Teshu Singh Article

The Vivekananda international Foundation held a discussion on the developments in China amid the COVID-19 on 4 May 2020. The discussion focused on the Chinese President Xi Jinping and China's Domestic Politics and China's experience in the resumption....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , South China Sea , NPC , Chinese economy , Xi Jinping , Taiwan , Wuhan , India-China relations , COVID-19 , Moderately Prosperous Society

HAIL TO THEE- THE CPC | A POEM

May 22, 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

THE SONG OF XI ( WITH MARTIAL MUSIC) Tibet now is under our yoke, We have made Dalai Lama broke, With monasteries in control And tight surveillance, it’s our goal, The reincarnation process Will be done under our duress. A....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Commentary , China , democracy , CPC , Xi Jinping , Coronavirus , Shanghai , HAIL TO THEE

COVID 19 and Emerging Geo-politics

May 18, 2020 Shreyas Shende | Dr Harinder Sekhon | Aarushi Suri Article

A meeting of the US Experts Group at VIF comprising Director, VIF, Dr Arvind Gupta, Ambassador Arun K Singh, former Ambassador of India to the United States Former Foreign Secretary, Ambassador Kanwal Sibal, Defence experts Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney, Lt Ge....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China

Tags : Article , Post COVID Emerging Geopolitics; US China De coupling; Challenge to US led Global Order; US China Relations; Economic Challenge to Global Order; Future Trajectory; India's Options; Policy; Choices for India; Skilling India; India's Security Challenges; In

COVID-19 Paves the Way for a Cashless Economy in China

May 11, 2020 Aayush Mohanty Article

Governments worldwide are at the time engaged in containing COVID-19 and have either initiated unprecedented lockdowns or following strict social distancing protocols for public safety and prevent community transmission. The World Health Organisation....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , US , China , Economic Studies

Tags : Article , China , Banking , Digital Currency , Libra , cryptocurrency , blockchain , U.S dollar

TAKING OFF CHINA’S XI-RT | A POEM

April 28, 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

The situation seems to be: To responsibility Xi-rk, The Chinese will Xi-lly shally, As long as delay will work To get them out of a Xi-t hole, So they make a lot of Xi-ndig, Knowing their armour has a WHO-le, They think that by some ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Commentary , China , Xi , Xi Jinping , Wuhan virus , WHO , COVID-19 , Coronavirus crisis

Kazakhstan Protests Chinese Language Article questioning its Territorial Integrity

April 23, 2020 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Introduction On April 14, 2020, the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan summoned Chinese ambassador Zhang Xiao to register a formal protest against the publication of an article on a major Chinese website, Sohu.com. This website was the offici....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Central Asia , China

Tags : Commentary , China , Central Asia , Kazakhstan , Social Media , Coronavirus , Weibo , Wechat , Territorial integrity , Manipur , Hyper-nationalism , Chinese medical assistance , Chinese diplomacy.

WHAT YOU EAT IS WHAT YOU ARE! | A POEM

April 21, 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

What you ingest can tell one how You tend to think, how you behave We may therefore examine now The things that Chinese stomachs crave And what this tells about their conduct In politics, investment, trade Offering you a vital produ....

Neighbourhood Studies , China

Tags : Commentary , China , CCP , Coronavirus , Wuhan virus , WHO , COVID-19 , Wuhan curse , Lunar Year , China-made , Chinese Virus , Poem , Made in China , silk roads

Coronavirus: China’s New Diplomacy

April 18, 2020 Dr Teshu Singh Article

As on 15April 2020, the total number of coronavirus cases are 1,986,936, with 125,953 deaths worldwide. The origin of the virus remains unknown. It is widely believed that virus jumped species and is traced to the “wet market” in Wuhan. It is bel....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , US , China , South China Sea , Xi Jinping , Europe , HDFC , Wuhan , India-China relations , BRI , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Pandemic , PPE , CDC , Debt Trap , 20th Party Congress , API , Neighbourhood

GUNNING WITH PUNNING | A POEM

April 17, 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

The coroning ignominy Will come when we discover The roots of the conspiracy And the “WHO-HAN” link uncover Ideas whether batty or not Immersed in Made-in-China soup At all that thrown into the pot The world must look at with a ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Commentary , China , CCP , Coronavirus , Wuhan virus , WHO , COVID-19 , Wuhan curse , Lunar Year , China-made , Chinese Virus , Poem , Made in China