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All eyes on SCO meet after Taliban takeover
Rediff.com16 Sep 2021

After two decades, the SCO appears to be at a cross-roads with the US withdrawal from...

Xi's Tibet visit: Bad Signal for India?
Rediff.com24 Jul 2021

Xi's visit to Nyingchi, bordering Arunachal Pradesh, signals China's opening of another...

What does CCP centenary mean for India?
Rediff.com1 Jul 2021

'What needs to be watched is that the border incidents at Dokalam in 2017 and Galwan in...

Time for India to draw red lines for China
Rediff.com13 Feb 2021

Once the tanks roll back, a zero-based assessment of future equations with China is...

Why India must protest China's Hong Kong policy
Rediff.com30 May 2020

'India need to look beyond the economic prism.' 'China had no qualms in taking the...

What the rise in China's defence budget really means
Rediff.com24 May 2020

'China's opaque defence allocation processes are shrouded in mystery and have...

Trump's visit: How will China react?
Rediff.com23 Feb 2020

'While many Chinese policy makers dismiss the political, economic and technological...

Chennai Connect doesn't improve India-China trade ties
Rediff.com14 Oct 2019

China had been trying hard to enter the Indian market, without opening its own to...

China's UNSC gamble is a setback to relations with India
Rediff.com17 Aug 2019

'India needs to closely monitor the discussions at the UNSC and make counter-measures...

Costs for China in J-K are exorbitant now as it was then
Rediff.com8 Aug 2019

The reasons for China's negative response are located in its territorial dispute with...

5 issues to watch out for at SCO's Qingdao summit
Rediff.com8 Jun 2018

'Given the sharp increase in oil prices, a mounting problem for the 2nd and...

Buying time at Wuhan
Rediff.com30 Apr 2018

The Wuhan meetings signify an incremental shift in China's position on India as well as...

Xi wants China to be the world's top power
Rediff.com21 Oct 2017

'Xi's emphasis on enhancing conventional military deterrence capabilities, joint...

Xi wants to become the most powerful leader on earth
Rediff.com17 Oct 2017

'At the previous 18th party congress, Xi vowed to protect China's 'core' interests.'...

Will China resume building roads in Doklam?
Rediff.com29 Aug 2017

'While overall this is a face saving deal just before the BRICS meeting in Xiamen, any...

What next in the India-China standoff?
Rediff.com14 Jul 2017

'The border standoff, if not properly addressed by both sides, could escalate to a...

How India must play new round of Chinese checkers
Rediff.com23 Jan 2017

China's white paper on Asia-Pacific security cooperation extends an olive branch to...

What did Modi and Xi's 9th meeting achieve?
Rediff.com18 Oct 2016

China continues to hold out on fingering Pakistan as the 'mothership of terror,'...

India must tell China it is playing with fire
Rediff.com12 Aug 2016

'While China expressed reservations on the Indian role in the South China Sea, Beijing...

What the South China Sea verdict means
Rediff.com13 Jul 2016

'China, which had earlier blockaded New Delhi's bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group...