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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
Impressions from a Visit to China: Part II
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Tale of Two Chinese Cities The second part of the trip involved a visit to Shenzhen and Guangzhou; one representing the new resurgent, pulsating China throbbing with economic activity and the second depicting both the old and new elements. ....

June 29, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Impressions from a Visit to China: Part I
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

While China had announced the year 2015 as ‘Visit India’ year after the visit of President Xi Jinping to India last September, this year after the visit of Prime Minister Modi to China officials in Beijing are in an overdrive to implement some of....

June 22, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Brief Analysis of Chinese Official Media Reporting on Prime Minister Modi’s Visit to China
Jayadeva Ranade

Beijing pays especially close attention to border issues and bilateral ties, both of which it regards as sensitive. The Chinese realise that settlement of the border issue is central to any improvement in India-China relations, but have kept it unset....

June 11, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Firm Correctness will yield Positive Results with China
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

A clear-eyed assessment of the Prime Minister’s visit to China from 14 to 16 May must conclude that it has its pluses, no doubt, but there are also negatives that require attention. This will entail a detailed discussion on three major aspects of t....

May 25, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Modi visit to China - Looking ahead
Amb TCA Rangachari, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Given the perceptions of a Janus-like character of India-China relations, it is well-nigh impossible to escape the past. Nor does one need to, considering the rich historical and cultural legacy that the two peoples have inherited. In the words of th....

May 22, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
A forthright Modi in China
Amb Kanwal Sibal

During his China visit, Prime Minister Modi has been unusually forthright in speaking about the problems that hold back the India-China relationship. He probably feels that his desire to strengthen ties with China being so clear, he has earned the co....

May 21, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
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