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Indications of Elevated Military Preparations in Tibet

Monitoring developments in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) has become even more important after India's 4057-kms Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China became active along its entire length since at least May 2020, when the clash at Galwan Valley ....

June 21, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Tibet , Article , China , PLA , LAC , Tibet , Galwan valley , TAR , Arunachal Pradesh , Metok Hydropower

An Authoritative Chinese Assessment of How China Views India

Jayadeva Ranade Article

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

Chinese Stance in United Nations Security Council towards India

Dr Teshu Singh Article

Amidst the on-going stand-off at the Galwan Valley, China had once again tried to raise the Kashmir issue in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Also, China has persistently tried to block India’s entry into the UNSC, Nuclear Suppliers Grou....

October 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Pakistan , China , UNSC , Terrorism , Article 370 , NPT , LAC , Galwan valley , NSG

Addressing the China Challenge

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

(This is a modified version of the talk delivered by Mr. Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF at the Panchnad Research Institute recently)

I propose to dwell essentially on three issues namely the nature and gravity of this challenge, it....

September 22, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Pakistan , China , South China Sea , Taiwan , CPEC , PLA , COVID-19 , WTO , LAC , Tibet , Galwan valley , CBMs , Pangong Tso , Wang Yi , data theft , Sino-US , Sinkiang

India’s Chinese Conundrum

Vivek Sugandh Article

“China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world” (Xinran, 2011). This quote, attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte acknowledges the unprecedented change the rise of China will bring about in the world. In the fiel....

July 28, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , Xi Jinping , Doklam , Galwan valley , Atmanirbhar Bharat , expansionism

Eastern Ladakh: Studying the ‘Warning Shots’

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The whys and wherefores of the Chinese aggression in Eastern Ladakh, cumulated with the larger peripheral belligerence in South China and East China Seas and the Taiwan Straits in 2020, have been debated ad infinitum. The events of Galwan Valley, Hot....

July 13, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , PLA , Strategic Support Force , Ladakh , Tibet , Galwan valley , ISR , Strategic Rocket Force , Xinjian , PLA Western Theatre Command

Border Brinkmanship: A Miscalculation by China

Air Marshal SS Soman (Retd.) Article

India and China have been engaged in a tense military faceoff that has witnessed numerous violent incidents over the last two months in Eastern Ladakh. The standoff has resulted from an aggressive border brinkmanship triggered by China, to assert its....

July 09, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , China , Taiwan , LAC , Ladakh , Tibet , Galwan valley , Xinjiang , Air Power , Expansionist

Sino Indian Faceoff: An Inflection Point in Relations

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

The ongoing Sino-Indian faceoff at several points in Ladakh as well as at Naku La in Sikkim have brought the relationship to an inflexion point. While examining the extraordinary gravity of this face off -- a product of Chinese duplicity and aggressi....

June 23, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , China , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan valley , Fingers area , UN Human Rights Council

India-China Standoff : Contracting Options in Ladakh

Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.) Article

The India-China border dispute spreads over more than 800 kms in the Western Sector, extending from a little West of Karakoram Pass till Gaya Peak on the Ladakh border with Himachal Pradesh, in the South. India claims 38000 Sq km of the territory pre....

June 04, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan valley , China's transgressions , Western Sector , Middle Sector , Eastern Sector

Decoding India-China Standoff at the LAC

Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.) Article

Recently, a distinguished author in an article in a prominent Indian newspaper while giving a detailed account of the India China border dispute has brought out some pertinent and relevant facts. However, while the facts may be appropriate, these hav....

May 28, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Sikkim , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan valley , Differing Perceptions , Nakula