Category: Indo-China relations

The blame game and lessons from Ladakh The Statesman 04 Aug 2020

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2773260/Kolkata-The-Statesman/4TH-AUGUST-2020#page/7/2 The blame game and lessons from Ladakh 04 Aug 2020           Manish Tewari, the Congress Spokesperson, in his article titled, ‘India-China in 1962 and 2020’ published in the outlook states, ‘The question, therefore, is can CDS—the single point military advisor to the government, 14 Corps Commander, or for that matter even the defence and Prime Minister’s escape from responsibility […]

Chinese hard and soft power CENJOWS 29 Jul 2020

https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=351 Chinese hard and soft power CENJOWS 29 Jul 2020           From the commencement of his term, Xi Jinping devoted extra energy to build Chinese ‘soft power’. The announcement of the Belt Road Initiative (BRI) came as a boon to many nations which were seeking funds to develop. Loans from global financial institutions come after intense study and with strict […]

India’s options on the LAC The Statesman 28 Jul 2020

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2765097/Kolkata-The-Statesman/28TH-JULY-2020#page/7/2 India’s options on the LAC 28 Jul 2020           Two weeks after the meeting between senior army commanders there has still been no major progress in de-escalation. An Indian official stated, ‘There has been no forward movement in disengagement of troops in friction areas along the LAC, including Pangong Tso and Depsang. The overall de-escalation of conflict is a […]

US deployment in the South China Sea changes the Indo-China equation CENJOWS 22 Jul 2020

https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=347 US deployment in the South China Sea changes the Indo-China equation 22 Jul 2020 China, despite all its theatrics, considers the US as an outright bully, which it currently cannot match upto. It has attempted to separate the bully from others in the neighbourhood, knowing jointly they could challenge Chinese might. It presumed it could break Indo-US strategic partnership […]

Resolution with China calls for patience The Statesman 21 Jul 2020

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2756681/Kolkata-The-Statesman/21ST-JULY-2020#page/7/2 Resolution with China calls for patience 21 Jul 2020 Nations seek to deter their adversaries from undertaking misadventures by displaying their power to retaliate effectively. Comprehensive national power between nations provides requisite deterrence, exception being nuclear weapon states in which a weaker nation can deter a powerful adversary, North Korea and Pakistan being examples. The next option with nations […]

Non kinetic warfare against China AIKS NAAD Jul 2020

https://www.aiks.org/aiks-publications/ Non kinetic warfare against China AIKS NAAD Jul 2020 The Chinese incursion into areas claimed by both nations would continue for some time. The Indian armed forces are deployed matching China in force levels at multiple locations in Ladakh. The deployment may be separated by a few hundred meters, but it clearly displays Indian intent of no backing down. […]

India-China de-escalation The Excelsior 15 Jul 2020

India-China de-escalation India-China de-escalation 15 Jul 2020 The Special Representatives (SR) for border talks for India and China, Ajit Doval and Wang Yi, spoke on 05 Jul and initiated steps for de-escalation. The steps envisage both sides pulling back sone distance, creating a buffer zone to prevent any physical clash of troops, while suspending patrolling activities temporarily. India continues to […]

Indian armed forces need to strategize their future options CENJOWS 13 Jul 2020

https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=332 Indian armed forces need to strategize their future options 13 Jul 2020 The de-escalation process has commenced along the LAC. It would be long drawn, carefully monitored with equal force levels maintained at similar distances. Chinese intentions could again undergo a change, as it occurred in 1962, or a pullback in Ladakh could result in a build up elsewhere […]

India strikes back and expands conflict The Excelsior 10 Jul 2020

India strikes back and expands conflict India strikes back and expands conflict 10 Jul 2020 The Indo-China standoff in Ladakh has been ongoing for close to two months. It will prolong as China is in no hurry to withdraw. China cannot intrude, have a few rounds of military and Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) […]

Why China needs India’s partnership The Statesman 07 Jul 2020

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2739998/Kolkata-The-Statesman/07TH-JULY-2020#page/7/2 Why China needs India’s partnership 07 Jul 2020 The Global Times, China’s propaganda mouthpiece, has mentioned in multiple editorials that India should be careful on the way it responds to US provocations. It should not act in a manner that makes China an adversary. It has stated that India needs China to develop economically. Similar words were echoed when […]