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Views of Chinese Experts on Sino-US Relations

As China’s economic situation becomes more difficult and its aggressive policies increase tensions in its neighbourhood, the Chinese leadership is concerned at the turn that its relations with the US are taking. This has generated renewed discuss....

January 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , Xi , CCP , Biden , Wang Yi , CICIR , Cui Tiankai , Yuan Peng , Zhang Baijian

China Raises its strategic profile in Horn of Africa and IOR

Amb Gurjit Singh Article

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi kept up the tradition of Chinese leaders visiting Africa at the beginning of the year. For 32 years, this tradition has been in vogue and the Chinese FM, between 4 and 7 January, visited Eritrea, Kenya and Comoros in ....

January 11, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Africa , Article , China , BRI , Wang Yi , IUU , Special Envoy , Horn of Africa

China: Daily Scan, December 31, 2021

China's Chongqing appoints acting mayor: Xinhuanet

December 30, 2021

Hu Henghua was appointed deputy mayor and acting mayor of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Thursday. The appointment was made at the 30th session of....

December 31, 2021 Huawei , China Daily Digest , Wang Yi , Liaoning , high-speed rail , Chongqing

China: Daily Scan, December 7, 2021

CPC leadership holds meeting on 2022 economic work, anti-corruption, party discipline inspection: Xinhunaet

December 6, 2021

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Monday held a meeting t....

December 07, 2021 Xi Jinping , Djibouti , Weibo , China Daily Digest , Wang Yi , Alibaba , Beijing Olympics , Solomon Islands

The Quad: Is Security the Galvanizer?

Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The significance of the Quad Foreign Ministers meeting in Tokyo on 6 October 2020 lies in the fact that it happened in person despite the pandemic – last year the Quad foreign ministers had met on the margins of the UNGA. The level of this annual m....

October 26, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , China , ASEAN , Quad Plus , Australia , LAC , Wang Yi , Blue Dot Initiative , Free and open Indo-Pacific , Malabar exercises , PM Suga , Resilient Supply Chains

Japan- Vietnam Security Matrix in the Indo-Pacific Region

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The security scenario centring in the much contested South China Sea continues to be grimmer because of China’s expansionist designs and expanding maritime claims, converting this part of the ocean into the most dangerous hotspot. In its intimidati....

October 19, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , China , Article , China , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , South China Sea , Philippines , Indonesia , Wang Yi , defence sale , Yoshide Suga

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-China Face Off- Has China Committed a Faux Pas?

Amb Kanwal Sibal Article

China has committed a grave error in triggering a military confrontation in Ladakh. It has underestimated the Indian resolve to stand up to its bullying tactics. Doklam should have been a warning to China that its military efforts to gain territorial....

September 09, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , Xi Jinping , CCP , PLA , LAC , Ladakh , Pangong Tso , Wang Yi , economic front , military conflict , Defence Ministers meeting

Visit of Czech Senate President to Taiwan

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The visit of the Czech Senate president to Taiwan has drawn sharp comments from China. Mr. Milos Vystrcil in his address to the Taiwanese Parliament on 1st September declared ‘I am a Taiwanese’. The expression of empathy with the Taiwanese people....

September 07, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Dalai Lama , EU , One China policy , Czech , Middle Kingdom , Slovakia , Wang Yi