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RTD on China-India Ties Post Xi Visit

A six-member delegation from China, led by former Ambassador Lu Fengding, visited VIF on 25 Sep, 2014 for an interaction which sought to assess the outcome of Chinese President Mr Xi Jinping’s recent visit to India. Other members of the delegation ....

September 30, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , Sino-Indian Border , China-India Ties , Post President Xi’s visit
China Eyeing Enhanced Role in Afghanistan Post US Drawdown
Monish Gulati

China's Foreign Ministry on 18 July said that it had appointed a special envoy for Afghanistan, underscoring its concerns on the political and security developments in the country. Sun Yuxi, a former ambassador to both Afghanistan (bet....

September 22, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Mountain Strike Corps along Indo-Tibet Border and Strategic Advantage
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

“Begin, be bold and venture to be wise” – Horace
Cause for a Mountain Strike Corps Right from the days when the People’s Republic of China (PRC) decided to use military power to address its border iss....

September 19, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
China’s Pakistan Syndrome and India
Sushant Sareen

As two giant countries sharing a common border, India and China have a host of issues between them that they need to sort out and work together. From border disputes to concerns over river waters, from trade imbalances to safety of investment and mar....

September 16, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Interaction with Chinese Scholars

Vivekananda International Foundation held an interactive session between eminent scholars from China and the VIF faculty on 27 August 2014. The session was organized to discuss Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to India in September and....

September 12, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit , Sino-Indian relationship
Will President Xi Jinping’s Visit change the Contours of Sino-Indian Ties?
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

The coming visit of President Xi Jinping is being viewed as a visit that could define the next decade of engagement between the two Asian giants. It is generally accepted that Sino-Indian relationship could turn out to be more important than the....

September 12, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
India Playing Catch up along China Frontier
Nitin Gokhale

After years of neglecting the Northern frontiers, the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force are re-calibrating their strategy giving a hard push to improving its war-fighting capabilities against its more powerful neighbour. Ladakh for instance is bu....

September 03, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Time for India to use its Soft Power in China
Prof R Vaidyanathan

July 2014 is an important month for global economics and China. It is the first time in recent history that China has overtaken USA in GDP [adjusted for purchasing power parity or PPP] and has become number one country in the world according to Eurom....

August 22, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Chinese PLA Modernisation: Perspectives and Issues
Lt Gen (Retd) JS Bajwa

“Build strong National Defence and powerful Armed Forces that are commensurate with China’s international standing and meet the need of its security and development interests is a strategic task of China’s modernisation drive.

August 07, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Geopolitical Developments and India-China Relations
Jayadeva Ranade

The world is in a state of continuing flux. The economies of the major powers are still fragile and vulnerabilities exist in those of the bigger emerging powers in the Asia-Pacific like China and India. The balance of power is conc....

July 31, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
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