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China Factor in India- Africa Relations
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

When I think of China in Africa I am reminded of my very first diplomatic assignment in Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) in the early 1980s. There were two diplomatic missions with whom we did not have diplomatic relations or any contacts one was the Is....

November 30, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Africa , Article , BRI , India Africa Forum Summit , SAGAR , Africa Cooperation Summit , China Debt Trap
VIF Webinar on “International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC)”

India’s trade with Central Asia is much below its true potential, and the factor behind is the lack of direct connectivity. The Chabahar Port and the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) remain crucial in this regard. Vivekananda In....

October 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Seminars , China , Russia , INSTC , Central Asia , Iran , Europe , BRI , North-South Transport Corridor
Why China is an Economic Landmine
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

‘And China has deep pockets’ is a guaranteed statement one gets to hear in every seminar or discussion on China. But despite its moneyed and lucrative hues, many questions arise. How is China an economic behemoth, when economists and Chinese poli....

October 09, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Russia , NATO , BRI , State Owned Enterprises , WTO , Debt , Technology transfers , Cybersecurity Law , Bullet Trains
China's Debt Trap in Central Asia
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Background
Chinese interest in Central Asia is multifold. Firstly to secure its northwestern region of Xinjiang, which shares a direct border with three Central Asian countries; Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Xinjiang is home to....

October 01, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , China , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Corruption , Tajikistan , BRI , Debt Trap , Loans , AIIB , Predatory lending , Anti-Chinese sentiments , Credits , Territorial claims
Inflexion in Sino-Indian Relations: Case for Strategic Pragmatism
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The new China has shown itself as muscular, aggressive, expansionist and determined to force its way to top of the world stage by vigourously establishing Pax Sinica. China’s in the past three decades has been rapidly growing economically ....

August 21, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , QUAD , PLA , BRI , Aksai Chin , COVID-19 , LAC , Ladakh , CBMs , Pangong Tso
Dissecting Macro Focus-areas for India this Decade - World Order, Domestic Economy & Technology
Praveen Menon Article

With the age-old Ram Mandir issue resolved Indian civilization took a step ahead in 2020 even when global and Indian economy took several steps back due to pandemic. A great historic wrong has been corrected which was imposed on our ancestors and the....

August 13, 2020 Economic Studies , Article , China , agriculture , Economics , technology , USA , Indian Economy , Soft Power , Urbanization , Civilization , BRI , military , Geopolitics , FDI , innovation , Financial system , Banking sector , World Order , World War I , World War II , Bretton woods , History lessons , Research , Economic Growth , Farmers , Domestic Economy
‘Unknown Pneumonia’: Another Chinese Propaganda in Kazakhstan?
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction
Kazakhstan has again become the victim of China’s sensationalist and maligned propaganda at the time when it is grappling with the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the country. On July 9, Chinese Embassy in Kazakhstan issue....

July 16, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , India , China , Kazakhstan , South China Sea , trade , Security , Fake news , BRI , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Pneumonia , Gas pipeline , Chinese Embassy , Propaganda , Misinformation , Exports , Aggressive China , Chinese Intrusion.
Chinese Activity in Central Asia; beyond Trade, Transport and Economy
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Background
China has invested in energy, infrastructure, transportation, railways and roads, communications etc. in Central Asia. Recently, Chinese Huawei has signed around one billion deal with Uzbekistan for digitalization of the countr....

June 30, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , China , SCO , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , military base , Security , Tajikistan , BRI , COVID-19 , Kyrgyz Republic , Gas pipeline , Badakhshan , Loans , Grants , Debt repayment , Military Exercises
China’s Incursions, Covid and Military Coercion
Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia, PVSM, AVSM, SM (Retd) Article

The Incursions
The Galwan valley intrusion by China since early May is indicative of China’s strategic signaling to India, and cannot be seen as just one of the near 350 transgressions that occur every year. Reportedly, the PLA has buil....

May 27, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , PLA , BRI , COVID-19 , LAC , Ladakh , Intrusions , transgressions , military coercion , Galwan valley , border infrastructure
Coronavirus: China’s New Diplomacy
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....

April 18, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , 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
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