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Trends in Chinese Military Modernization: Implications and Responses
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Geo-Political Context The Chinese White Paper on defence of 2015 and the papers issued earlier have been emphasizing that their “national defense policy is defensive in nature... and will never seek hegemony or expansion.” Yet, ....

February 18, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Chinese Military , Chinese Military Modernization
Interaction with Prof. Yu Longyu, Director, Centre for Indian Studies, Shenzhen University, China

On 12 January 2016, the VIF held an informal interaction with Prof. Yu Longyu, Director of Centre for Indian Studies, Shenzhen University, China, focusing on the role intellectuals, especially writers and teachers, potentially can play in improving t....

January 18, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , India-Pakistan border , Shenzhen University
Third Anniversary of Xi’s China Dream
Ashish Sirsikar

"Everyone is talking about a China Dream. I believe the revival of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the nation since modern times"1 – Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CCP, 29 November 2012
When ....

November 24, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: An Assessment
Prof Nirmala Joshi

The recent summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a watershed one in more than one respect. In the 15 years of its existence as a regional grouping, the SCO is on the verge of a new phase in its evolution. A phase that is co....

November 14, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , SCO , Shanghai Cooperation Organization , Monograph
Sixth Xiangshan Forum

1. The Xiangshan, or Fragrant Hills, conference was held from 16 to 18 October 2015 at China National Convention Center in Beijing. Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney was invited from the Vivekananda International Foundation to attend this conference. His observati....

October 26, 2015 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Conferences , South China Sea , Asia Pacific , Sixth Xiangshan Forum , China Military Science Society
VIF Delegation’s Visit to China

1. A five member delegation led by the VIF Director Gen N C Vij visited China from 15 to 22 Sep, 2015 at the invitation of the China Institute for International Studies (CIIS). The delegation comprised :-

Looking Back at Sino-Indian Silk Road Cultural Linkages to Look Forward
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

“Two great civilizations ---India and China --- have been in mutual dialogue for centuries. Both the dialogue as also the distinctiveness have been inspired in no small measure through the spread of Buddhism.Pilgrims from each country have visit....

September 28, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Buddhism , China Silk Road , Sino - India , India and China , Civilisation
‘China’s Focus on Military Activities in Tibet’
Jayadeva Ranade

China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the country’s official military media have kept a discernible focus on the activities and exercises of the PLA formations deployed in Tibet in the past some months. The recent round of promotions in....

September 18, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Interaction with H.E. Le Yucheng, China’s Ambassador to India

The VIF on Aug 6th 2015 invited H.E. Yucheng, China’s Ambassador to India, for an interaction on India-China relationship. Amb Satish Chandra, Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney, Amb Rajagopalan, Lt Gen JS Bajwa, among others, interacted with him on a ....

August 13, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , CPEC , Dalai Lama , India-China relations , Pakistan Occupied Kashmir , Brahmaputra river , Taleban , United Nation’s Security Council
Understanding the Chinese One-Belt-One-Road
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

A glance at the history of the last few centuries, since at least the seventeenth, indicates that the opening decades of all centuries are times of upheaval. New forces frequently emerge, new ideologies, or technologies. These take time to play thems....

August 10, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , OBOR
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