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Assessment of China’s 20th Party Congress
Jayadeva Ranade Article

Presenting the Work Report titled ‘Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive in Unity to Build a Modern Socialist Country in all Respects’, at the opening session of the 20th Party Congress on October 16, 202....

November 10, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , economy , Xi Jinping , Taiwan , PLA , Security , 20th Party Congress , Tibet , Hu Jintao , Polit Bureau , Zero-Covid policy
Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif’s Visit to Beijing and CPEC
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan’s Prime Minister visited China on November 1-2, 2022. Shehbaz Sharif was amongst the first foreign leaders received by Xi Jin Ping soon after the latter got himself an unprecedented third term in office. This was projected in Pakistani med....

November 09, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Commentary , China , CPEC , Gwadar , BLA , debt restructuring
The China-Xinjiang-Central Asia Triangle: A Relationship beyond Economics and Religion
Tejusvi Shukla Commentary

Over 50 countries in a joint statement condemned China’s alleged human rights violations in Xinjiang on 31st October, 2022. Yet again, none of the Muslim-majority countries from Central Asia which share both religious and ethnic ties with Xinjiang ....

November 03, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , China , Commentary , Central Asia , Terrorism , separatism , Radical Islam , Security , energy , Xinjiang , Human Rights
Global Development Initiative and Global Security Initiative: China’s New Approach to Global Governance
Amb Ashok K Kantha, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Post-the Belt and Road Initiative, which was a flagship Chinese program launched by President Xi Jinping that amalgamated Chinese geoeconomic and geostrategic initiatives, we have seen two new initiatives being announced in the last two years. In thi....

November 03, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , India , BRI , Podcast , Taiwan Straits , GDI , GSI , Ukrain Conflict
The Changing Nature of ‘Collective Leadership’ in Xi’s China Part II
Anushka Saxena Article

Return to Mao-era Politics: Death of Collective Leadership under Xi?
Loyalty, personal connections and familial ties (guanxi, 关系) are perhaps the defining element of Chinese elite politics. Some analystsOctober 21, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , 20th Party Congress , collective leadership , Unified Leadership
The Changing Nature of ‘Collective Leadership’ in Xi’s China
Anushka Saxena Article

Right before the third plenum of the fifth National People’s Congress in 1980, Deng Xiaoping, former Chinese leader-in-charge made a speech ‘On the Reform of the System of Party and State Leadership’.

October 19, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , 20th Party Congress , collective leadership
The impending beatitude of Xi Jinping
Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The current wisdom is that Xi has consolidated his authority in the party, installing loyalists in key positions. The forthcoming 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is expected to confirm a third term for President Xi Jinping at its head....

October 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , COVID-19 , Ukraine War , post-Cold War , Quad dialogue
पूर्वी लद्दाख में विघटन और इसके बड़े प्रभावों पर विचार
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

8 सितंबर 2022 को पूर्वी लद्दाख के चुशुल-मोल्दो में चीन-भारत कोर कमांडर स्तर की 16वें दौर की बैठक के 50 द....

September 19, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , चीन , एलएसी , लद्दाख , पूर्वी लद्दाख , गलवान नदी , राकी नाला , शिनजियांग , पीएलएएएफ
Tensions in Taiwan Strait must not be Allowed to Develop into a Regional/Global Crisis – Part II
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

In the context of understanding the developments in the Taiwan Strait, two aspects need to be highlighted as a spillover of Taiwan-China spat: fresh US arms sales to Taiwan and increase in defence expenditure of Taiwan by almost 14 per cent. First....

September 14, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , South China Sea , PLA , Natuna Island , defence spending , arms sale , incursions , microprocessors , air-to-air missiles , invasion scenario
Tensions in Taiwan Strait must not be Allowed to Develop into a Regional/Global Crisis – Part I
Prof Rajaram Panda Commentary

The island nation of Taiwan is caught in the cross-fire between the US-China spat and navigating through turbulent waters after Beijing almost violently reacted by firing missiles into the Taiwanese waters in response to the US Speaker Nancy Pelosi�....

September 13, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , One China policy , Nancy Pelosi , Daniel Kritenbrink , European lawmakers , Keiji Furuya , Marsha Blackburn , PLA aircraft
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