1962 India China War

How China lost the 1962 war with India, and what New Delhi now needs to learn from that defeat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to rid India of the Himalayan millstone around its neck, and secure a border deal, have been spurned by China since 2014. In Beijing’s view, the unresolved border is a useful coercive tool.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Lockdown impacts events planned to celebrate 70 yrs of India-China ties; Beijing says diplomatic relations will emerge stronger after pandemic

On 1 April, 1950, India became the first non-Communist country in Asia to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China (PRC).

EAM S Jaishankar's India foreign policy needs tempering; its substance belies historical fact

The facts sit somewhat uncomfortably with claims made by S Jaishankar of a new Indian muscularity.

'If China crossed into grey zone 100 times, India did the double,' says Eastern Army commander Lt Gen MM Naravane

Army vice-chief designate Lt Gen MM Naravane said on Tuesday that if China transgressed the "grey zone" at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) 100 times, the Indian Army did so on 200 occasions, as he claimed Beijing acted like a "regional bully" during the Dokalam stand-off

Narendra Modi-Xi Jinping SCO meet plagued by complexities in ties; trade ties, terrorism to be on top of agenda

Modi-Xi meeting will take place at a time when the memory of Doka La standoff is still fresh, relations with Pakistan remain a flashpoint between two nations, and the impasse over border dispute remains impregnable as ever

A parade of militarism, with no place for soldier or citizen

Symbolic militarism, including that on display at the Republic Day Parade, is a salve to past injuries and a proclamation of contemporary prowess

Democracy In India Part 15: Merit, not birth gets precedence as aura of elitism recedes from Indian military

Freed from the control of British officers after Independence, the army wanted to self-Indianise, while people too established a bond with the army.

The Pakistan question: Ignore rhetoric, Narendra Modi-Xi Jinping meet won't go beyond clearly defined red lines

The nature of differences between India and China are structural (some complex issues involve other nations), have developed over time and have no mutually acceptable quick-fixes.

Mao Zedong declared war on India in 1962 because he saw New Delhi as a 'soft target', claims new book

Communist leader Mao Zedong declared war on India in 1962 because he saw the country as a "soft target"

India handled Doka La standoff with 'great maturity', says India's ex- Permanent Representative to UN