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China’s Role in Eroding Tibetan Identity: Religious and Cultural Issues
September 24 , 2020 Dr Himani Pant
Commentary Views: 7533
Four years after passing a similar law in Xinjiang, the Chinese government passed the “Regulations on the Establishment of a Model Area for Ethnic Unity and Progress” in Tibet earlier this year.

China, Tibet, International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Communist Party of China , Identity , People’s Republic of China , Religious and cultural identity , Tibet

Xinjiang: China’s Playground for Repressing Uyghurs
September 24 , 2020 Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 39375
“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 open letter by Dilnur Reyhan and Raphael Glucksman (Member of the European Parliament) to the French President Emmanuel Macron

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , Han , Human Rights , Kashgar , Uighur , United States , Urumqi , Uyghur , Xi Jinping , Xinjiang

The Twin Crises at America’s Doorstep
September 23 , 2020 Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran
Article Views: 6425
The article has been covered under the following para headings:- America’s moment of truth is here A bitterly divided American society Enter elites and exit class China sees a big opportunity The impor...

US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : 20th Amendment , 3rd November , Bernie Sanders , Cancel Culture , Cassandras , China , Congress , COVID-19 , Democrats , Donald Trump , elections , Financial market , Hillary Clinton , Republicans , US Dollar , US Treasury Bonds , World Economic Outlook

China’s Expanding role in Afghanistan
September 23 , 2020 Dr Yatharth Kachiar
Article Views: 5587
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. Ch...

Afghanistan, China, International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Afghanistan , Belt and Road , China , Debt Trap , India , Pakistan , Taliban , Terroism , US

Addressing the China Challenge
September 22 , 2020 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF
Article Views: 5313
(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, its international backdrop, and what are India's options in addressing it. If Pakistan's hostility to India is embedded in its DNA, China's inimical approach towards India is equally fundamental.

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CBMs , China , COVID-19 , CPEC , data theft , Galwan valley , LAC , Pakistan , Pangong Tso , PLA , Sinkiang , Sino-US , South China Sea , Taiwan , Tibet , Wang Yi , WTO

Libya: Turning a New Page?
September 22 , 2020 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 4946
After months of stalemate, a cease-fire in Libya was announced on 21st August in parallel statements by the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and the House of Representative (HOR) based ...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : COVID-19 , Egypt , Gen Haftar , GNA , Greece , Mediterranean , Muslim Brotherhood Tobruk , Turkey , UAE , UNSecurity Council

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