Articles

Chinese President Xi Jinping Bolsters Position at National People’s Congress

The plenary sessions of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the top political advisory body, and the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s version of a parliament, both important events in China’s political cal....

April 04, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , PLA Navy , Xi Jinping , Taiwan , CPCC , aircraft carrier , Wang Yi , SOEs , Li Qiang , Third Plenum , civil military fusion , Gen Dong Jun , National Defence budget

Tibet: The Fulcrum of China’s Strategic Policy in the Himalayas

Jayadeva Ranade Article

China is positioning Tibet as the fulcrum for its strategic policy in the sensitive Himalayan region thus directly and adversely impacting India. Beijing appears to have assessed that it has sufficiently calmed the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) to fe....

December 05, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Tibet , Article , Nepal , PLA , LAC , Tibet , TAR , Wang Yi , Wakhan Corridor , Nyingchi , Golmud airport , mega dam

Former Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang’s Absence Points to Discord in Senior Echelons of the CCP

Jayadeva Ranade Article

The decision taken by stern faced members of China’s National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) at an emergency meeting on July 25 to replace Qin Gangas Foreign Minister with his predecessor Wang Yi was very unusual. The NPCSC did not, h....

August 14, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , Wang Yi , Qin Gang , Fu Xiaotian , MPS , NPCSC

Assessment of US Secretary of State Blinken’s Two-Day Visit to China

Jayadeva Ranade Article

The Western media, in sharp contrast to China’s tightly controlled official media, seems to have gushed at the apparent success of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's visit to China on June 18-19. China’s official media, in contrast, afforded....

July 04, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , China , Xi Jinping , Taiwan , Wang Yi , Blinken , Qin Gang , Core issue

India Should Mobilise World Opinion for Ending the War

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

On the first anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war, the world is staring at a deeply unsettling, uncertain future. The political, security and economic environment has deteriorated to such an extent that there is open talk about among people about t....

February 23, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , India , China , Russia , Nuclear Weapons , Japan , PM Modi , NATO , G20 , Biden , Wang Yi , ending war

Executions in Myanmar Disturbing News for the Region and the World

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The execution of four democracy activists on 25 July 2022 by Myanmar’s military junta accused of helping to carry out “terrorist acts” sparked widespread condemnation and outrage. The four were sentenced to death in closed-door trials in Januar....

August 04, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , ASEAN , Wang Yi , junta , NUG , execution , democratic activists , porous border , 5PC

Third C+C5 Meeting: Reinforcing Chinese Influence in Central Asia

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Background

The third meeting of the Foreign Ministers (FMs) of China and five Central Asian countries within the framework of China+ C5 took place in Nur Sultan on June 8, 2022. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi along w....

June 21, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , US , China , Central Asia , Afghanistan , BRI , energy , Transportation , Gas pipeline , Uyghurs , Wang Yi , C+C5 , Ukraine Crisis

China: Daily Scan, May 24, 2022

China's biodiversity push and its broader ecological ambition: Xinhuanet

May 23, 2022

Sunday marks the International Day for Biological Diversity 2022. As one of the 17 mega biodiversity countries, China has achieved steady progre....

May 24, 2022 Pakistan , Taiwan , BRICS , Japan , Beijing , Qingdao , COVID-19 , China Daily Digest , Wang Yi , Tencent , Omicron

Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Nepal: Facts, Disputes, and the US-China Contest

In the past two months, Nepal’s political space had been marred by upheavals and doubts over the future of the ruling alliance between the Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center)/Maoist Party, and Communist Party of Nepal (Unified....

April 19, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , India , India-Nepal , KP Oli , Tibet , US-China , Wang Yi , Indo-Pacific Strategy , Prachanda , Nepal Communist Party , Sher Bahadur Deuba , Millennium Challenge Corporation , MCC , MCC in Nepal , 12-Point Interpretive Declaration , Intellectual Property Rights , UML , MCC Ratification , Three Supports , Hydropowe

China: Daily Scan, March 28, 2022

5,800 cases of Party conduct violation investigated in Feb: Xinhuanet

March 27, 2022

More than 5,800 cases involving violations of the Communist Party of China (CPC) code on improving Party conduct were investigated in February,....

March 28, 2022 India , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Ukraine , COVID-19 , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , Wang Yi , Hualong One reactor , Sinopec