Today is a public holiday in South Africa – Human Rights Day. There’s a certain irony in spending the day focusing on China’s President Xi Jinping’s visit to Vladimir Putin, knee-deep in a human rights disaster.
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Category: China-India
Indian FM Accuses Opposition Leader of Intentionally Spreading False Information About China Border Issue
Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar accused rivals of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of intentionally spreading false information about the government's handling of the border disputes with China. Jaishankar refuted comments made by Congress Party ...
It Won’t Come as a Surprise That Indians Are Skeptical of China, But New Poll Reveals Lots of Ambivalence About the U.S. Too
There's an emerging consensus in U.S. national security circles that bolstering ties with India will be the best way to confront China's surging influence in the Asia-Pacific region. But if that is the case, then it appears U.S. stakeholders have some ...
China’s Ties With India Will be Competitive and Confrontational Says Leading India Scholar
One of China's leading India scholars, Liu Zongyi, a senior fellow at the prestigious Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), outlined a grim vision for the future of Sino-Indian relations, warning that they'll be contentious, competitive and even confrontational. Liu's outlook ...
New Satellite Images Show Widespread Road Building on Both Sides of the Disputed India-China Border
The Chinese and Indian militaries are building out transportation infrastructure high up in the Himalayas along their disputed border known as the Line of Actual Control, according to new satellite imagery published by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. ...
Fury Mounts in India Over Chinese Border Clash, Opposition Blasts PM For Remaining Silent
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is coming under intense criticism from the opposition Congress Party for not condemning China for a December 9th military skirmish in the Tawang sector along their disputed border in northeast Arunachal Pradesh. Congress Party MPs walked ...
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Chinese Media’s Low-Key Reaction to Border Clash With India
While India's notoriously outspoken media is filled with anger over the December 9th skirmish between Indian and Chinese troops along the disputed border in the Himalayas, it's a very different situation in China, where the country's tightly controlled mainstream media outlets have been largely silent on the ...
That Viral Clip of Indian and Chinese Border Fighting Isn’t What It Seems
A video clip purporting to show last week's border clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers is going viral online. However, the news program India Today showed that the footage was actually shot during an earlier skirmish along the Line of ...
What Actually Happened in the China-India Border Fight Last Week?
Last week's violent border skirmish between Chinese and Indian soldiers sent the already frosty relationship into the deep freeze. However, much still remains unknown about the incident and its wider implications. Ananth Krishnan, the Beijing correspondent for ...
Why Xi and Modi Should (and Shouldn’t) Meet on the Sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali
While much of the attention this week at the G20 summit in Bali will be on Monday's meeting between the U.S. and Chinese presidents, in South Asia, many observers will be keeping a close watch on what happens between Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.