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China and the International Human Rights Regime
September 25 , 2020 Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 370
Introduction
China’s rise marked by the combination of high economic development, swift modernisation and authoritarian political structure has been highly attractive for other developing states to imbibe and follow course.
Tags : Hong Kong , Tibet , UNHRC , Xinjiang , China , International Relations and Diplomacy
भारत और बांग्लादेश: मजबूत और घनिष्ठ पड़ोसी
September 25 , 2020 Dr Sreeradha Datta, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, Neighbourhood Studies, VIF
Commentary Views: 182
बांग्लादेश के विदेश मंत्री एके अब्दुल मोमिन ने हाल ही में कहा कि ‘भारत के साथ बांग्लादेश के बेहद मजबूत तथा ऐतिहासिक रिश्ते हैं और चीन के साथ बांग्लादेश के आर्थिक रिश्ते हैं। हमें दोनों की तुलना नहीं करनी चाहिए।’ उन्होंने यह भी कहा कि ‘हमारी जीत भारत की जीत है’ और ‘हमारे विकास का मतलब भारत का विकास है’।1 दोनों के बीच द्विपक्षीय रिश्तों की स्थिति के बारे में कुछ तीखी राजनीतिक बयानबाजी और बेकार के मीडिया विवाद के बाद इन बयानों ने मरहम का काम किया।1
Tags : Hindi , एशिया , द्विपक्षीय , बांग्लादेश , भारत , Bangladesh , Neighbourhood Studies
Chinese involvement in IUU Fishing
September 25 , 2020 Amruta Karambelkar, Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 454
Within the strategic community a less-spoken issue when it comes to China is its role in global fishing. Threat from China is often discussed in terms of its territorial aggression, military, its state-owned enterprises, its technology, hybrid warfare and so on. But attention needs to be paid to its non-military activities at the sea as well. Chinese fishing activities merit attention from perspective of comprehensive security. An apparent benign, commercial activity like fishing has become a global security issue due to China.
Tags : Africa , China , conservation , Ecology , Ecuador , Environment , Fisheries , IUU , Maritime , North Korea , SDG , Sustainability , UNCLOS , China , International Relations and Diplomacy
China’s Role in Eroding Tibetan Identity: Religious and Cultural Issues
September 24 , 2020 Himani Pant, Associate Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 654
Four years after passing a similar law in Xinjiang, the Chinese government passed the “Regulations on the Establishment of a Model Area for Ethnic Unity and Progress” in Tibet earlier this year.
Tags : Communist Party of China , Identity , People’s Republic of China , Religious and cultural identity , Tibet , China , Tibet , International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies
Xinjiang: China’s Playground for Repressing Uyghurs
September 24 , 2020 Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 639
“Great crimes feed on great silences. And the Uyghur today have fallen into a kind of black hole”.1

- Dilnur Reyhan, President of the European Uyghur Institute

The quote is a part of an open letter by Dilnur Reyhan and Raphael Glucksman (Member of the European Parliament) to the French President Emmanuel Macron
Tags : China , Han , Human Rights , Kashgar , Uighur , United States , Urumqi , Uyghur , Xi Jinping , Xinjiang , China , International Relations and Diplomacy
The Twin Crises at America’s Doorstep
September 23 , 2020 Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 723
The article has been covered under the following para headings:- America’s moment of truth is here A bitterly divided American society Enter elites and exit class China sees a big opportunity The importance of the 20th Amendment The crash risk in the financial markets The exorbitant privilege that will be lost Unravelling comes with a date stamp Postscript America’s Moment of Truth is Here
Tags : 20th Amendment , 3rd November , Bernie Sanders , Cancel Culture , Cassandras , China , Congress , COVID-19 , Democrats , Donald Trump , elections , Financial market , Hillary Clinton , Republicans , US Dollar , US Treasury Bonds , World Economic Outlook , US , International Relations and Diplomacy
China’s Expanding role in Afghanistan
September 23 , 2020 Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 753
As the United States plans to confront China in regions such as Indo-Pacific, it ingenuously is paving the way for Beijing’s rising influence at the heart of the Eurasian continent, i.e. Afghanistan. China’s primary aim in Afghanistan is to ensure that the radical Islamism and Uighur militancy does not seep into its territory through Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor, which borders Beijing’s most vulnerable spot- the restive province of Xinjiang.
Tags : Afghanistan , Afghanistan , Belt and Road , China , Debt Trap , India , Pakistan , Taliban , Terroism , US , China , International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies
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