No Comments Though China and Russia have always played a major role in the SCO, with India at the forefront, the SCO will have a much larger and expanded role in the global political and economic landscape. India has kick-started several initiatives, which will impact the nature and functioning of SCO in a very significant manner. China’s […]
1 Comment What China is trying to do and masking it as helping developing countries is nothing like what the IMF and World Bank have done in the past. BRI projects targeting developing countries can and will lead to a lot of deforestation and depletion of natural resources. India should work on taking back the power in […]
No Comments AUKUS is a trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America to counter China’s hegemony and expansionist policy, specifically in the Indo-pacific region and generally in global politics. The pact was signed on 15 September 2021 and announced cooperatively by US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister of the UK […]
No Comments The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has passed a resolution which seeks to cement Xi Jinping’s status in its political history. The resolution, dubbed as ‘historic’ by the state media, is only the third of its kind since the founding of the party. The first was passed by Mao Zedong in 1945 and the second by […]
No Comments is planning to join CPTPP as its member countries account for over 24% of Taiwan’s international trade.
Joining the group would be seen as a major political victory for President Tsai, whose government views Taiwan as a de facto sovereign nation awaiting broader international recognition.
China wants to contain Taiwan and wants to take over it as part of its territory and vehemently opposes any moves that imply separate statehood for Taiwan, such as joining international organizations.
China wants to pressurise Taiwan by tying down the island’s naval defenses and undermining their livelihoods. It wants to target Taiwan recognition in the world and also block its international membership in different organizations.
1 Comment Nationalism, unification through cultural revolution, growth story in the post-Mao era, embracing the world (internationalism) and China as a superpower.The rise of China is not without risks for the world and Covid-19 pandemic is one of the best examples.
No Comments The birth of CCP followed events referred to by many in China as the Century of Humiliation. The Chinese Communist Party was born in July 1921 with the support of the Soviet Communists and the Comintern, an international organisation promoting Communism worldwide. Deng put in place what is called as Four Modernisations, that of Agriculture, […]
No Comments China’s assertiveness bordering on bullying and expansionism gradually increased to convince the Quad countries to revive the dialogue in 2017
India in conjunction with USA and Japan becomes an eyesore for the CCP because for China to be the ‘middle-kingdom’, India has to remain the second-fiddle in Asia
Quad is geared towards the strategy of ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ (FIPO), and there is only one country in the region that stands out for flouting UNCLOS rules, building artificial islands, territorial water disputes with many countries
A Chinese mouthpiece’s article creates a scenario wherein India seems to be stuck in a zero-sum game- if it chooses Quad, it loses BRICS
Quad is conceptualized exclusively with Chinese expansionism in mind, and its impact on the participating nations. It has clear strategic interests and implications.
BRICS help voice concerns of those neglected by the USA led world order dominated by the developed world to the disadvantage of the developing world.
BRICS is guided by long-term, legitimate goal of making the world order fairer for the global south.
However, if push comes to shove, and India does come to a point where she has to choose between being part of only one of the two groups, India should choose the Quad.
No Comments British media regulator Ofcom has revoked the broadcasting licence of China Global Television Network (CGTN), the international english language channel of China’s state broadcaster CCTV, after the national regulator found that it was wrongfully held by a separate entity. An investigation by the British regulator concluded that the Chinese Communist Party had ultimate editorial responsibility […]
No Comments A countrywide COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in the shut down of at least 11 regions as of January 22. China has officially claimed only a few cases but the extensive lockdown measures in several cities and far away villages uncovers the true extent of the latest surge As per the new quarantine rules, people within […]
