China’s faction feud extends to Wall Street
Outlawing DiDi reveals a power struggle within China, unholy alliances between the investors, officials and political elites, China’s financial war...
Chinese millennials take to lying flat
They have refused to dance to the tunes of their leaders. In recent times, Chinese millennials’ “lying flat” philosophy has...
China’s return to Maoism
With the ascendance of Xi Jinping and his consolidation of power, China, perhaps, owing to the necessity of power struggle...
It will not be easy probing Covid origin
A cornered China has mellowed down its ‘wolf-warrior’ approach. Covid-19 first appeared in Wuhan, China, and has subsequently spread to...
China gloats over India’s Covid-19 crisis
An official Chinese news website published a picture juxtaposing China’s space mission and India’s funeral pyres of Covid-19 victims, with...
Quad 2.0 will not ‘dissipate like sea foam’
Democratic values have become the ideological foundation of the Quad. This is the thing perhaps feared by China the most....
The Two Sessions further consolidate Xi Jinping’s power
It’s not only the Shangai clique that is at loggerheads with Xi Jinping, but some of the princelings too have...
China debates India-China disengagement
On the Chinese side, the narratives are varied, some declaring victory, some expressing disappointment the way the PLA left the...
India needs to find a new equilibrium with China
Finding equilibrium will depend on how quickly the narrative of India’s rise regains traction and how strong India’s growth trajectory...
Hanuman and Sun Wukong: How Indian and Chinese literary images integrate
The story of the Journey to the West is based on Xuan Zang’s epic pilgrimage to India in search of...
A look at China’s war on poverty
Particularly noteworthy is the ‘Targeted Poverty Alleviation’ programme, which has been instrumental in changing the social landscape of rural China....
Xu Fancheng: A Chinese yogi in India
True to the tradition of Indian yogis, Xu roamed around India searching for knowledge and fulfilment. Imagine you being...
Sanskrit had an influence on Chinese language
Liang Qichao (1873-1929) was perhaps the first Chinese scholar to pay attention to the influence of Buddhist literature on Chinese...
India as de-facto defence ally of US a strategic gamble: Chinese scholars
China has been keeping a close eye on the 2+2 dialogue, for, according to Chinese scholars, there has been a...
Unreality bites: The Chinese spin on the LAC standoff
The talk in China is, since the Indian government has failed to contain Covid-19 and since the economy is facing...
Know yourself, know your enemy
If we compare China’s research and translation of Indian classics, medieval, modern and contemporary works, India’s performance is abysmal. ...
How Lord Ram reached China
The dissemination of the epic occurred at the same time as the eastward spread of Hinduism and Buddhism. As...
India’s options when global supply chains stand disrupted
Hard decoupling from China by any nation is impossible. Therefore, India must identify sectors where investment could be attracted with...
India has always been in China’s strategic calculus
Irrespective of China becoming the largest trade partner of India, her stated anti-India posturing on international platforms remains unchanged. ...
India’s myopic China policy needs to change
Foreign policy and military affairs cannot be hijacked by sporadic outbursts of national sentiments, rather they need to be goal...
China won’t accept status quo ante
On 2 July 2020, China’s Global Times interviewed me on the current state of India-China relations. Most of my arguments...
Death of LCA, CBMs between India and China
If China remains insensitive towards India’s sensitivities, India may not care too much for China’s sensitivities in Tibet, Taiwan, Xinjiang....
Galwan: Border is not China’s biggest agenda
India ramping up its border infrastructure has caused uneasiness on the other side of the LAC. “From the very...
China’s Two Sessions in the time of Covid
The real worry for China is how to put its economy back on track. China’s “Two Sessions” refers to the...
