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‘Smooth and Easy’: India and China Resume Direct Flights as Ties Improve

By Sailendra Sil The resumption of direct flights between India and China after a five-year suspension was hailed by arriving passengers Monday, a move important both for trade and a symbolic step as Asia's giants cautiously rebuild relations. ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: India–China Flights Ramp Up After Curbs Lifted

The UK will take targeted action against Chinese and Indian firms facilitating Russian oil access to the international market, Finance Minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday. London imposed sanctions on Russia’s biggest oil producers and two Chinese energy firms that buy Russian oil. These are the first such ...

Japan Sidelines Chinese Immigrants as It Opens Door to India, Says Chinese Commentator

In August, India and Japan finalized a significant human resources partnership, agreeing to facilitate the exchange of 500,000 people over the next five years, including 50,000 skilled and semi-skilled Indian workers who will be employed in Japan.  Recently, popular online ...

U.S. Expert on India Accused of China Meetings Denies Charges

A prominent U.S. scholar of India who was arrested after allegations of retaining classified documents and meeting Chinese officials is denying the charges against him, his lawyers said Wednesday. Ashley Tellis, 64, who held senior positions under former president George W. ...

U.S. Advisor on India Accused of Taking Documents, Meeting Chinese

A well-known U.S. scholar on India who advised the U.S. government was charged with retaining classified information and allegedly met Chinese officials, prosecutors said Tuesday. Ashley Tellis, 64, who has worked in or advised the U.S. government for more than two ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

How to Lure Chinese Financing Back to the Global South: Report

Global South countries face increasing financing pressure, endangering their ability to keep developing while also implementing measures to deal with a growing climate crisis. The disruption of global trade is coupled with a larger megatrend: flows of international capital to the developing world have turned negative. This means that countries are now routinely paying more to service loans than they receive in disbursements.

The vast majority of Global South borrowers ...

China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Xiaomi SU7 Crash, Indian EV Maker Enters Ethiopia as Southern Africa E-Waste Grows

This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service launching in Summer 2025. The African electric vehicle landscape is changing rapidly thanks to the arrival of new companies and ...

India Forced to Pay Russia in Yuan, Handing China an Unexpected Win

China stands to gain from a surprising twist in global energy trade: India, long a rival and major oil importer, is now being forced to pay Russia for crude in Chinese yuan (RMB), a move that strengthens the yuan’s global role and indirectly supports China’s currency in ...

India and Pakistan Are Still Arguing Over How Many Chinese Fighter Jets Were Shot Down in Last May’s War

More than five months after India and Pakistan engaged in a brief military conflict in early May, the two countries are still squabbling over how many of each other's fighter jets they shot down. The issue resurfaced last week when a ...

Chinese Youth Fear India Will Seize Job Opportunities Under New K Visa

A recent commentary from College Daily, the largest media platform for Chinese students overseas, examines how China’s newly launched K visa, set to take effect on October 1, is already drawing unusual attention abroad—particularly in India. Major Indian outlets are referring to it as “China’s H-1B,” ...

Bookings Open for First India–China Direct Flights Since Pandemic Suspension

India and China will resume direct flights between their two countries this month after a five-year suspension, officials said, with bookings opening on Friday. Direct flights between the world's two most populous countries were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 ...

China-India Direct Flights to Resume After Long Suspension

China and India will restart direct flights between selected cities “by late October,” India’s embassy in China said, calling the move part of New Delhi’s “approach towards gradual normalization of relations between India and China.” Direct flights between the two ...

India Plans Mega-Dam to Counter China Water Fears

By Arunabh Saikia On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam -- India's latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water. ...
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