Prabhakar Gupta For centuries China has been an enigma for the world, a remote region enclosed by a wall and inhabited by a distinct set of people. It history, culture, religion is a matter on which little, if any, knowledge was available. Now, the growing might of the country has set into motion a spate of academic and intellectual exercises to decipher the idea behind the … [Read more...] about Understanding the Chinese enigma and its impact on India
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Pakistan-Chinese nexus against POK and Northern Areas
Prabhakar Gupta Pakistan’s recent overtures to virtually cede the entire Gilgit-Baltistan region of the Northern Areas (NA’s) to its old and trusted Chinese friends have come across as a shocker, affecting the geopolitics of the entire Asian continent in particular and the world in general. So serious is the issue that the Indian Foreign Minister recently admitted in … [Read more...] about Pakistan-Chinese nexus against POK and Northern Areas
Chinese belligerence concerns India more that the world
Jaibans Singh It is very interesting to note the alacrity with which China registers its protest against any action that India may take to further its strategic interests, either internally or in concert with other nations of the South Asian region. The recent decision by the Indian Army to improve upon its defensive posture along the line of actual control has not even taken … [Read more...] about Chinese belligerence concerns India more that the world
India is getting squeezed in by China
Prabhakar G The latest Chinese warning to India not to carry out drilling activities in the South China Sea surely comes as a shocker, more so, since it comes across as yet another act of belligerence by our aggressive neighbour, who continues to pinprick India on every occasion possible. Whether it is continued border intrusions, issuing stapled visas to Indian citizens from … [Read more...] about India is getting squeezed in by China
China is a catastrophe waiting to happen for India
Jasbir Sarai The latest news reports of India’s decision to improve upon its strategic profile along the Indo-China Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Ladakh as well as the Arunachal Pradesh region has come as a relief to all those who have, for long, been projecting a need for India to get over its preoccupation with the beleaguered Pakistan and look towards China as a … [Read more...] about China is a catastrophe waiting to happen for India