Central Military Commission

India-Japan air exercises are aimed at belligerent, expansionist China

While both India and Japan consider China a strong threat, for the US, China remains an essential but distant threat. It, therefore, becomes imperative for the two major Asian powers, India and Japan, to jointly collaborate towards countering China

What Xi Jinping’s third term means for India — and the world

The way Xi’s China shifted from India to Taiwan almost overnight implies that it was only seeking to irritate both nations and their global backers, without actually wanting to go in for an all-out war against either

20th Party Congress: Xi Jinping and the band of powerful men behind him

In the Xi Jinping scheme of things, the fine line between allies and foes is often breached and the career trajectories of these men hold clues to the future course of Chinese politics

20th party congress: At pinnacle of prowess, Xi Jinping will romp to a third term, but clouds are darkening on horizon

A rare public protest in Beijing, calling for Xi’s ouster, points to strong subterranean discontent

Chinese Communist Party 20th Congress: What Xi Jinping’s re-election may mean for the world

Xi Jinping will continue assertively adopting foreign policies that advance Chinese interests. Under him, China’s bureaucracy has become less autonomous and more tied to him personally

How Dalai Lama’s presence in Ladakh just can’t be a coincidence

The fact that the Dalai Lama will stay for a month in Ladakh is definitively a re-assertion of India’s policy vis-à-vis the Tibetan leader. Many observers see all this as a signal to China of a change in India’s Tibet policy

Wang Yi’s Delhi visit: He came uninvited, was snubbed, and returned with actionable points

The Chinese foreign minister was possibly sent to gauge Indian reactions and propose options for normalcy, without referring to the standoff. Evidently, he failed

Beware if China calls for truce! When the ‘pacification of Tibet’ meant its complete annihilation

Just as ‘truce’ doesn’t have the same meaning for the outside world as for Mao’s children, ‘pacification’ for the Great Helmsman in the 1950s was not what we usually understand

India-China standoff: Creeping land grab is classic Beijing feint; small punitive steps won't help, Delhi must prepare for limited war

The military operation to recover Galwan can be preceded by a set of punitive economic measures to show India means business.

70 years of Communist China: Rise of Xi Jinping as a personality cult worrisome; ruthless suppression of dissent signals an autocratic State

Xi Jinping personally heads the central commissions on finance, foreign affairs, military affairs, national security, internet policing and, since last year, the one on reform, under a commission interestingly named as of “comprehensively deepening reforms”.