China

Terror Farce

There is something almost comical about China and Pakistan sitting together at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and solemnly condemning terrorism. The recent Bishkek Declaration declared that “double standards” in the fight against terrorism was unacceptable. It called for action...
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Tibetan refugees protest in Mumbai

Supporters from the Tibetan Youth Congress react during a protest at Azad Maidan in Mumbai on Monday against China's new ethnic unity law. Pic: Bhushan Koyande Mumbai: Over 250 Tibetan refugees, activists and members of the Friends of Tibet took...
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A Quiet Warning to China

The Quad is evolving from a strategic conversation into a practical partnership aimed at preserving a free, open and secure Indo-Pacific without becoming a formal military alliance. The Indo-Pacific has become the centre of gravity of global geopolitics. Its vast...
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From Frontier to Gateway

Northeast India’s geography and proximity to ASEAN could make it the missing link in India’s bid to become a global manufacturing alternative to China The global search for more resilient supply chains has placed India at the centre of the...
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The End of the Neighbourhood Illusion

A cursory survey of the past decade would show that New Delhi has approached its neighbourhood with alternating bouts of confidence and anxiety. Confidence because India’s economic and geopolitical weight has steadily expanded. Anxiety because every election in South Asia...
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Racial Harmony Over Viral Hate

Amid a surge in online ‘anti-Indian’ narratives, Singapore’s decisive intervention has offered a model that many Western democracies have often shied away from. Last week, Singapore ordered three major social-media platforms to block access to 14 posts believed to have...
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The Dragon’s Expanding Sea

China’s creeping conquest of the South China Sea is testing the limits of international law and the resolve of the world’s democracies. Few lines have caused as much anxiety in the cartographic theatre of our times as the one China...
Security 
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The Dragon’s Green Mask

As Beijing lectures India on ecology in Great Nicobar, its own record in Tibet and the South China Sea tells a rather different story. There is something theatrical in China’s sudden environmental concern for India’s proposed infrastructure project in Great...
Security 
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Bamboo Against the Dragon

As China grows more assertive in Asia, India and Vietnam are discovering that shared anxieties make for a durable strategic partnership. In Asia’s crowded geopolitical theatre, few relationships have evolved as consequentially as that between India and Vietnam. Bound by...
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The Battle for Great Nicobar

China’s discomfort with India’s island ambitions may be the clearest indication yet of Great Nicobar’s strategic value. As India pushes ahead with its ambitious Rs. 80,000-crore Great Nicobar infrastructure project, an unlikely convergence has emerged. Chinese commentators have intensified criticism...
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The Greening Of China

China’s environmental awakening has brought cleaner skies and greener industries, but the costs of decades of ecological devastation remain immense. Mao Zedong was not a farmer. Though born into a peasant family, he had little farming experience. It was political...
Spotlight 
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China: The Journey That Stays With You

It doesn’t just change how you see the world—it changes a small part of you. China is not just a country—it is an experience that unfolds gently, layer by layer, revealing stories of emperors, revolutions, nature’s grandeur, and human resilience....
Travel 
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