Tuesday, 25 October 2016

The implications of US Ambassador Verma's visit to Tawang

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         On the surface the recent visit of the US Ambassador Richard Verma to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh is unexceptionable, for af...
Friday, 21 October 2016

President Duterte's visit to China---A Game Changer?

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         President Rodrigo Duterte's four day visit to China was accompanied by his very public hyperbole and rhetorical flourishes a...
Monday, 17 October 2016

President Xi Jinping visibly demonstrates China's growing geo-economic power.

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           It is said that the post Cold War consensus on world order rested on the premise that the US would underwrite international pea...
Monday, 10 October 2016

China's PR Charm Offensive: Is it Working?

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        There is no doubt that the rise of China, both economically and militarily, has caused considerable disquiet amongst its neighbo...
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Wednesday, 5 October 2016

Pen Portrait of a President-- Xi Jinping of China

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         In a few days time the Chinese President Xi Jinping will be in India attending the BRICS summit at Goa. It would be his second v...
Saturday, 1 October 2016

The People's Republic of China at 67--What is it like?

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              The People’s Republic of China celebrates the 67 th anniversary of its founding today. Who can forget Mao Zedung’s stir...
Friday, 30 September 2016

President Xi Jinping's Anti-Corruption Drive

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      As we near the 4th anniversary of President Xi Jinping's anti corruption drive, the question that is increasingly being asked i...