Mehtab Karan Singh China is poised to build a $ 18 billion economic corridor linking Gawadar Port in Balochistan, Pakistan with Kashghar in Xinjiang, North-West China. The project will involve a railway line, fibre optic link and a petroleum pipeline across the Karakoram. Several industrial projects are proposed along the corridor. It is also proposed to upgrade the Karakoram … [Read more...] about The devious Pakistan-China nexus to marginalise India
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China should be engaged with the language of power
Prabhakar Gupta China is an enigma, an exotic puzzle that the best analysts attempt to decipher but remain partially successful at best. After remaining in the shadow of its towering communist cousin the Soviet Union for many decades it slowly and steadily built its national power to come to this stage where it has sounded the bugle to dislodge the self proclaimed sole super … [Read more...] about China should be engaged with the language of power
Indo-China relations beyond the borders
Jaibans Singh On November, 20, 2013, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is embarking on a visit to two powerful countries that play a significant role in the geo-strategic environment of the country. It is also looked upon as his last major overseas trip before the general elections slated for 2014. The Prime Minister will be in Russia from November, 20 to November, 22 and will … [Read more...] about Indo-China relations beyond the borders
Engaging the Dragon a decade hence
Prabhakar Gupta Indo-China relations, of late, have been dominated by instances of intrusion into Indian territories by soldiers of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA). The first such intrusion that caught the media eye was in mid-April 2013, a little before the first visit of the new Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to India. The matter dragged on for about 20 days and culminated … [Read more...] about Engaging the Dragon a decade hence
Reading into the Chinese mind
Prabhakar Gupta India’s relationship with China, an enigma in the best of times, is attaining a complex structure in recent days. A change in policy with the anointment of the new Chinese leadership was expected but the incidents along the line of actual control (LAC) over the last few months have been causing disconcert and apprehension despite the polite diplomatic jargon of … [Read more...] about Reading into the Chinese mind