Articles

Quick Glimpse into China’s Upcoming Annual ‘Big Two Sessions’

With just a couple of weeks to go before China’s ‘Big Two’ -- the popular name for the plenary sessions of China’s version of a parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Pol....

March 01, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , NPC , CPC , technology , Xi Jinping , CPPCC , Made in China , Huawei , food grain shortage , Long Term Goals 2035 , Mao Zedong , personality cult , PLA deputies

The Curious Case of Huawei

China’s journey from being an agrarian economy to one of the largest economies with a strong military and cyber capabilities is commendable. However, its military and cyber capabilities are built upon relentless efforts to steal critical military a....

February 15, 2021 China , Technological and Scientific Studies , Cyber Security , India , China , Australia , United Kingdom , United States , surveillance , New Zealand , Huawei , espionage , FiveEyes , Trojan , Reliance Jio

A Case for Deepening India-Taiwan Ties

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction

The changing geopolitical environment in the Indo-Pacific region in recent times has demanded reorientation of foreign policy priorities by many countries in the region. The single factor driving this new thrust is China’s ....

October 30, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , ASEAN , Malabar , 2+2 Dialogue , Tsai Ing-wen , BECA , Coronavirus , Huawei , One China policy , ITA , TECC , milk-tea alliance , National Day , red-line.

Cooperation on New Technologies, will India choose BRICS or D10?

Aayush Mohanty Article

As the Indian External Affairs Ministry prepares for the BRICS Foreign Minister’s Meeting, Beijing has proposed to set up an Innovation Base to strengthen the grouping’s cooperation on 5G, digital economy, Artificial Intelligence, information tec....

September 03, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , US , China , BRICS , UK , G7 , Huawei , Hong Kong , LAC , D10 , 5G. Innovation base

China menace decoded by the USA

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

If Sino Indian relations have reached an inflexion point following China's breach of all agreements as demonstrated by their recent actions in Eastern Ladakh so too have Sino-US relations. While the latter had been under stress, since the advent of t....

August 11, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , US , China , QUAD , Trump , CCP , Covid , WTO , Huawei , ZTE , LAC , Xi Jinping dreams , Stealing data , FBI cases , Intellectual property , espionage

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 28, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic

European Union Plans $2 Trillion Coronavirus Response Effort

The European Union set out a $2 trillion coronavirus response plan, including a massive pooling of national financial resources that, if approved, would dee....

May 28, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Taiwan , Singapore , Big Data , European Commission , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Huawei , Hong Kong , Arctic , Power of Siberia , Japan Tourist Industry , Gazprom , Nord Stream 2 , Meng Wangzhou , Merck , Superspreaders

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 18, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic

Huawei ban sets up game of chicken between world's biggest economies

Trump's rhetoric on Beijing has turned increasingly aggressive in recent weeks as the coronavirus outbreak worsened in the U.S., but the Commerce De....

May 18, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , 5G , West Bank , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Huawei , Antitrust , CNOOC , WHO Summit , Venezuela , Special Operations , Vaccines

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 14, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic

China refuses to give up developing country status in WTO

Despite the Trump administration's strong protests against China's unfair trading advantages in the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Chinese representative ....

May 14, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , shipping , COVID-19 Daily Scan , WTO , Huawei , Jay Powell , PPP Loans , Coal , Food Security WHO , GDP growth target , France , Antibodies , Borders

The Dichotomy of Economic Imperative and Security Dilemma: The Chinese Telecom Companies in India

Rup Narayan Das Article

The outbreak and spread of Covid-19 and Chinese government’s failure to share its timely information to the outside world have raised question mark about the transparency of the communist regime there. Concomitantly, it has also raised the securit....

April 29, 2020 Economic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , India , Australia , USA , Huawei , ZTE , National Security Council , smartphones , security threats