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The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor of the Belt and Road Initiative Concept, Context and Assessment by Siegfried O. Wolf, Springer, Switzerland, 2020, £88, ISBN 978-3-030-16198
Aakriti Vinayak

The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative that was officially launched in April 2015, promised to be a game changer. The economic corridor that would link Kashgar in Xinjiang to Gwadar in....

May 23, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , China , China , Belt and Road Initiative , CPEC , China-Pakistan Economic Corridor , Book Reviews
HAIL TO THEE- THE CPC | A POEM
Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

THE SONG OF XI ( WITH MARTIAL MUSIC) Tibet now is under our yoke, We have made Dalai Lama broke, With monasteries in control And tight surveillance, it’s our goal, The reincarnation process Will be done under our duress. A....

May 22, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , democracy , CPC , Xi Jinping , Coronavirus , Shanghai , HAIL TO THEE
COVID 19 and Emerging Geo-politics
Shreyas Shende Article

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 Article

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 Commentary

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 Commentary

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 Commentary

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 Article

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 Commentary

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 Article

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
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