Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

International Relations/Diplomacy

China

A meeting of the US Experts Group at VIF comprising Director, VIF, Dr Arvind Gupta, Ambassador Arun K Singh, former Ambassador of India to the United States Former Foreign Secretary, Ambassador Kanwal Sibal, Defence experts Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney, Lt Ge

May 18, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, US, China, Article, Post COVID Emerging Geopolitics; US China De coupling; Challenge to US led Global Order; US China Relations; Economic Challenge to Global Order; Future Trajectory; India's Options; Policy; Choices for India; Skilling India; India's Security Challenges; In

COVID-19 Paves the Way for a Cashless Economy in China

Aayush Mohanty

Governments worldwide are at the time engaged in containing COVID-19 and have either initiated unprecedented lockdowns or following strict social distancing protocols for public safety and prevent community transmission. The World Health Organisation

May 11, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies, US, China, Economic Studies, Article, China, Banking, Digital Currency, Libra, cryptocurrency, blockchain, U.S dollar

TAKING OFF CHINA’S XI-RT | A POEM

Amb Kanwal Sibal

The situation seems to be: To responsibility Xi-rk, The Chinese will Xi-lly shally, As long as delay will work To get them out of a Xi-t hole, So they make a lot of Xi-ndig, Knowing their armour has a WHO-le, They think that by some

April 28, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Commentary, China, Xi, Xi Jinping, Wuhan virus, WHO, COVID-19, Coronavirus crisis

Kazakhstan Protests Chinese Language Article questioning its Territorial Integrity

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF

Introduction

On April 14, 2020, the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan summoned Chinese ambassador Zhang Xiao to register a formal protest against the publication of an article on a major Chinese website, Sohu.com. This website was the offici

April 23, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies, Central Asia, China, Commentary, China, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Social Media, Coronavirus, Weibo, Wechat, Territorial integrity, Manipur, Hyper-nationalism, Chinese medical assistance, Chinese diplomacy.

WHAT YOU EAT IS WHAT YOU ARE! | A POEM

Amb Kanwal Sibal

What you ingest can tell one how You tend to think, how you behave We may therefore examine now The things that Chinese stomachs crave And what this tells about their conduct In politics, investment, trade Offering you a vital produ

April 21, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies, China, Commentary, China, CCP, Coronavirus, Wuhan virus, WHO, COVID-19, Wuhan curse, Lunar Year, China-made, Chinese Virus, Poem, Made in China, silk roads

Coronavirus: China’s New Diplomacy

Dr Teshu Singh

As on 15April 2020, the total number of coronavirus cases are 1,986,936, with 125,953 deaths worldwide. The origin of the virus remains unknown. It is widely believed that virus jumped species and is traced to the “wet market” in Wuhan. It is bel

April 18, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, US, China, South China Sea, Xi Jinping, Europe, HDFC, Wuhan, India-China relations, BRI, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pandemic, PPE, CDC, Debt Trap, 20th Party Congress, API, Neighbourhood

GUNNING WITH PUNNING | A POEM

Amb Kanwal Sibal

The coroning ignominy Will come when we discover The roots of the conspiracy And the “WHO-HAN” link uncover Ideas whether batty or not Immersed in Made-in-China soup At all that thrown into the pot The world must look at with a

April 17, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Commentary, China, CCP, Coronavirus, Wuhan virus, WHO, COVID-19, Wuhan curse, Lunar Year, China-made, Chinese Virus, Poem, Made in China

COVID-19 ails the Beijing Model

Aayush Mohanty

The United Nations Security Council, the Premier forum to discuss threats to global peace and security, is yet to discuss COVID-19. An attempt to address the Virus was blocked by China last month while it served as the Chair of the Security Council.

April 08, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, China, WHO, COVID-19, Multilateralism

THE WUHAN VIRUS | A POEM

Amb Kanwal Sibal

At Wuhan at the market wet Where bats and pangolins are sold The stage for the virus was set To bring the world into its fold In November came an alert There was a new pneumonic strain The researcher who saw it first Rang bells but

April 06, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Commentary, China, CCP, Coronavirus, Wuhan virus, WHO, COVID-19, Wuhan curse, Lunar Year, China-made, Chinese Virus, Poem

Coronavirus: The Curious Case of Taiwan

Dr Teshu Singh

With a population of 23 million, Taiwan has systematically managed the pandemic COVID-19. Despite strain relations, there is a lot of interaction between China and Taiwan. Around 850,000 Taiwanese stays in China, 400,000 Taiwanese work there and 2.7

April 01, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Commentary, China, Taiwan, Wuhan, Big Data, Coronavirus, WHO, COVID-19, TAIPEI Act, CECC, SARS, the stimulus package