Category: China related

“Chinese ‘gifts’ worry India” – Excerpts

Continuing on my China theme (See also this and this), a worrying report from rediff: “Chinese ‘gifts’ worry India“…as they should. Excerpts: “…A senior Indian intelligence official has expressed concern over what he described as...

“Let it be clear. India and China are strategic rivals”

Nice article and analysis from News Insight: “The Long March“. I found the conclusion very well articulated: “How do you deal with this military and economic hegemon across the Himalayas? To sometimes understand powerful...

India, China and Arunachal Pradesh…are we missing something?

Amidst the diplomatic hand-waving and word play that followed Chinese Ambassador Yuxi’s remarks about China’s position on Arunachal Pradesh, one thing must be very clear – almost nothing that comes of any Chinese official...

China, Africa and realpolitik

Came across these statistics in a presentation by Sebastian Teunissen , a Professor at Univ. of California.  Pl. read in conjunction with my earlier post on this topic (“China’s investment and expansion in Africa”) and you...