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India-China Line of Actual Control: Increasingly Fuzzier…
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Though comparisons are odious, Line of Control (LOC) and Line of Actual Control (LAC) are chalk and cheese! The Karachi Agreement of 1949 delineated the Ceasefire Line (CFL), following directional paths in the absence of clear landmarks, by demarcati

January 29, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, LoC, Aksai Chin, LAC, Pangong Tso, salami slicing, Simla Convention, Scarborough Shoal
The Pitfalls of the China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment
Jeff M. Smith

On December 30, leaders from Brussels and Beijing reached terms on a new China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). After seven years of negotiations, the deal will reportedly grant the EU enhanced market access in China, in sectors such a

January 24, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Europe, China, Article, India-EU Relations, China-EU investment treaty, China-EU relations, Transatlantic China, Transatlantic cooperation, U.S.-Europe relations
Xi Jinping Further Strengthens Chinese Communist Party’s ‘Magic Weapon’-The United Front Work Department
Jayadeva Ranade

China is making efforts to arrest the slide in US-China relations and lower temperatures after Joe Biden takes over as President on January 20. In addition to Chinese Politburo member and former Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi’s plans for visiting Was

January 19, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, Xi Jinping, CCP, rejuvenation of Chinese nation, United Front Work Department, UFWD
New US- China Cold War on Tibet and Take Aways for India
Vijay Kranti

(The tone and temper of the two latest laws of the USA on Tibet and Xinjiang that US-China honeymoon is over and we should be ready to witness a new phase of US-China cold war. Extraordinary coordination between Republicans and Democrats in both h

January 12, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies, US, China, Tibet, Article, CPC, Dalai Lama, reincarnation, Beijing-Dharamshala dialogue, CTA, Order-5, Sikyong, TPSA-2020, Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act 2020
China’s ‘Helmsman’ and the Game of Monopoly
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

China looms large on Indian public consciousness driven by cataclysmic COVID-19 virus that caused the global pandemic, aggression in 2020 and continued tense face-off in Eastern Ladakh. At the turn of the new decade three events stand out for mention

January 11, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, India, Xi, Chinese Dream, CMC, CCP, BRI, Uighur, National Defence Law, Mongols, National People's Conference
An Authoritative Chinese Assessment of How China Views India
Jayadeva Ranade

Far from any signs of an end to the military stand-off between India and China, or that tensions between the two will ease, China’s mood towards India is hardening. There are indications that China sees the current confrontation as the beginning of

January 08, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, CCP, PLA, Galwan valley, Line of Actual Control, CICIR, Hu Shisheng
EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The EU and China announced a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment on 30th December. The announcement comes less than a month before the inauguration of the Biden Presidency. The development shows a rift opening up between EU and US positions even be

January 05, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Europe, China, Commentary, China, EU, FDI, Forced Labour, Jake Sullivan, Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, Paris Agreement on Climate
China Debates Policy towards U.S. as Biden’s Administration Takes Over
Jayadeva Ranade

China’s leadership echelons have been very apprehensive about anti-China actions the Trump Administration might take in its last days. Zhou Li, a former career diplomat who is presently senior researcher at the Chongyang Institute of Financial Rese

December 30, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, China, Qiao Liang, Biden, Jake Sullivan, six scenarios, US China competition, Xi Jinping thought
US Takes First Step towards Recognising Tibetan Government-in-Exile: the Myth of Historic Chinese Suzerainty over Tibet
Anubhav Shankar

On 22nd of December, the United States finally decided to dust off its ‘Tibet inertia’ by passing the Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020 (TPSA), acknowledging the exclusive right of Tibetans only to choose a successor to the Dalai Lama. The a

December 29, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies, US, China, Tibet, Commentary, Dalai Lama, United States, Central Tibetan Administration, Tibetan Policy Support Act 2020
China: Path to Hi-Technology
Jayadeva Ranade

The world is on the threshold of major technology advances that will translate what has so far been in the realm of science fiction to everyday reality. There is clear promise of transformational changes, with the next couple of decades being witness

December 24, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, CCP, Robotics, AI, Civil Military Integration, Digital Belt and Road, SOEs, Thousand Talents programme
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