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China: Profound, Palpable and Persistent Winds of Change-Implications for India
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Is China on throes of Cultural Revolution 2.0? What will be political effects of an economic slowdown in China, and near-term pain propelled by strong headwinds? Does this shifting dynamic and internal discourse in China matter to India? With the Tal....

October 20, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Pakistan , China , South China Sea , Xi Jinping , Taiwan , Bhutan , CCP , PLA , Ladakh , WTC
China: Daily Scan, October 4, 2021

Senior Chinese political advisor under probe: Xinhuanet October 2, 2021
Fu Zhenghua, deputy head of the Committee on Social and Legal Affairs of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, is being i....

October 04, 2021 Taiwan , PLA , Hong Kong , Coal , Tibet , China Daily Digest , PetroChina , JH-7A2 , Zhuhai
Profound Transformation in China in the “NEW ERA”
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

In a surprising statement, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman on 22 September 2021 stated that the “…Galwan incident took place because India violated all signed agreements and treaties and encroached upon Chinese territory and illegally cross....

September 29, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , QUAD , New Era , CCP , PLA , LAC , Party Congress
Using AUKUS to Brazen it Out
Sarosh Bana Article

The United States’ and the United Kingdom’s overtures to Australia to help it acquire a fleet of nuclear-powered general-purpose attack submarines (SSNs) infuse a perilous complexity into the strategic Indo-Pacific environment, rendering it more ....

September 28, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , China , Indo-Pacific , South China Sea , PLA , Biden , AUKUS , Boris Jhonson , SSBN
China’s Communist Party Celebrates its Centenary-What Next?
Jayadeva Ranade Article

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s centenary celebrations were extensively covered in the Chinese media. Xi Jinping, who holds China’s three top positions of CCP General Secretary, Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and Chinese Pr....

September 21, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , PLA , BRI , Covid , U.S. , Centenary goals
Eastern Ladakh – Fixing “No-Patrolling Buffer Areas”!
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

A significant change happened in management of LAC between PLA and Indian Army/ ITBP post 10th Round of Talks at Chushul that led to phased, coordinated, verified and synchronised disengagement at North and South of Pangong Tso and in Rezangla-Ric....

August 09, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , PLA , LAC , Pangong Tso , Aksai China , Buffer Zone , CBM , Chushul-Moldo , Gogra , Patrolling , Rashtriya Rifles
Xi Jinping Visit to Tibet is Important and has Implications for India
Jayadeva Ranade Article

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) at Nyingchi’s Mainling Airport on July 21 at the start of a two-day (July 21-23) visit, without prior public notice. The visit, which comes shortly before the 70th anniversar....

July 29, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Tibet , Article , Xi Jinping , CMC , PLA , Tibet , TAR , Sichuan-Tibet railway , Lhasa , Nyingchi , WTC , Yarlung Tsangpo
Eastern Ladakh – In Focus Again!
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

With a meeting of the EAM Jaishankar with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Eastern Ladakh has come in focus again. Most information and analysis of the events in Eastern Ladakh of 2020 and the first half of 2021 have been analysed in fine detail, an....

July 19, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , PLA , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan , Pangong Tso , Kailash Range , media centre
‘Great Rejuvenation’ of the Chinese Nation to Continue: Xi’s Message at the CCP Centenary Celebrations
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The Chinese Communist Party celebrated its 100th birth anniversary. CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered a much anticipated speech on the occasion. Being a centenary speech, it had obvious political significance. It sums up the state of affair....

July 06, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Xi , CCP , PLA , Party Congress , Centenary , China rejuvenation
Xi Jinping is Taking Steps to Avoid any Surprise by the Opposition
Jayadeva Ranade Article

It would be unwise today to discount reports of opposition to Chinese President Xi Jinping. This especially since opposition to him burst into the open first in 2017-2018 when Xi Jinping abolished term limits for the top Party posts at the 18th Party....

June 29, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , Politburo , CCP , PLA , 20th Party Congress , Colour Revolution , political security , princelings
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