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Xinjiang: China’s Playground for Repressing Uyghurs
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

“Great crimes feed on great silences. And the Uyghur today have fallen into a kind of black hole”.1

- Dilnur Reyhan, President of the European Uyghur Institute

The quote is a part of an....

September 24, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , Xi Jinping , Uyghur , United States , Xinjiang , Human Rights , Uighur , Han , Kashgar , Urumqi
China’s Expanding role in Afghanistan
Dr Yatharth Kachiar Article

As the United States plans to confront China in regions such as Indo-Pacific, it ingenuously is paving the way for Beijing’s rising influence at the heart of the Eurasian continent, i.e. Afghanistan. China’s primary aim in Afghanistan is to ensur....

September 23, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , China , Article , India , Pakistan , US , China , Afghanistan , Belt and Road , Taliban , Debt Trap , Terroism
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
Tactically Speaking…
Commentary

-A Soldier from the Line of Actual Control*
On 29 August 2020, as we had got ready to move, there was a feeling of expectancy. It had little to do with the devious adversary, the breath-taking heights, the extreme of weather or the....

September 17, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Artillery , PLA , Aircraft , LAC , Armour , Defence brick , Engineers , Gurung hill , Rezang La , Spanggur Tso
China’s Militarisation of South China Sea
Amruta Karambelkar Commentary

In September 2015 from the lawns of the White House, Xi Jinping announced that China would not militarise the South China Sea. Five years down the line, the picture is a complete contrast. As on today, China has effectively completed militarising th....

September 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , US , China , South China Sea , Missiles , military , Navy , SCS
Distrust More, Verify More: India-China Relations Post Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Amb Kanwal Sibal Article

China, through his reckless aggression in Ladakh has seriously jeopardised peace and tranquility on the India-Tibet border. China is already in occupation of large parts of Indian territory in Ladakh. To seek to consolidate its hold on this occupied ....

September 13, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , SCO , LAC , Depsang , Galwan , CBMs , Pangong Tso , Foreign Ministers , Spanggur Gap
इस सहमति में कई पेच हैं
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

गुरुवार को भारत और चीन के विदेश मंत्रियों की मुलाकात के बाद पांच बिंदुओं का एक साझा बयान जारी कि....

September 13, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Xi Jinping , India-China , NSA , LAC , Line of Actual Control
India-China military standoff: What next?
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The India-China military stand-off has worsened in the last few days. Each side has blamed the other for the current round of tensions. In a pre-emptive move, the Indian forces occupied important heights in the Rezin La/Rechin La area on its side of ....

September 10, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , SCO , Indian Army , Defence Ministers , Rezin La
चीनी विदेश मंत्री की यूरोप यात्रा: जनसम्पर्क की असफल कवायद
Amb JK Tripathi Article

चीन के विदेश मंत्री वांग यी ने 25 अगस्त से 1 सितम्बर तक यूरोप का दौरा किया। उनकी यह यात्रा कुछ चुन�....

September 10, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , China , Article , तिब्बत , कोविड-19 , वांग यी , जी-7 , उइग़र , हांगकांग , शी जिनपिंग , यूरोप
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
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