Showing posts with label Sino-India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sino-India. Show all posts

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Dr. Acharya analyses the Origins and Implications of the Sino–Indian Agreements of 2003 and 2005


Dr. Alka Acharya, AssociateProfessor in Chinese Studies, in her article in China Report analyses the Origins and Implications of the Sino–Indian Agreements of 2003 and 2005. She argues that the Agreements of  2003 and 2005 were a fundamental departure from the earlier  approaches adopted by the two countries and a conscious attempt at charting a new way out of a tangled historical legacy riddled with contradictions and complexities. It seeks to examine the origins of underlay this vital ‘course correction’ by both sides and its hopefully far-reaching implications.....


Monday, December 20, 2010

Prof. Kondapalli on "Bilateral Give And Take" in Sino-India Relations

Dr. Kondapalli, Professor in Chinese Studies at the Centre, on "Bilateral Give And Take" in Sino-India Relations in The Times of India asserts that the joint communique, unlike previous such bilateral announcements, was surprisingly silent on the much-anticipated Chinese reversal of stapled visas to Kashmir residents in India. In fact, there is also no mention either of Tibet or Taiwan as parts of China for the first time. The two sides, however, reiterated that "sensitivity for each other's concerns and aspirations" should be respected. This is an indication that, during hard diplomatic bargaining, South Block had been insisting effectively on the reciprocity principle possibly for the first time.


Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Prof. Kondapalli on 'Kashmir imbroglio'- The China Connection

Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli discusses China's Changing Policy on Kashmir at rediff.com. He points out that the so-called neutrality of Beijing on this issue is waning with four new changes in policy of China -- issuing stapled visas to Kashmir residents of India; massive infrastructure projects (estimated at above $20 billion) and invitation to the Hurriyat leaders to visit China and deliberately intervening in the current unrest in the valley. Beijing appears to be reconsidering the strategic value of Kashmir, for it is located strategically between the hinterlands of the Indian sub-continent, Chinese minority lands and Central Asian steppes.....

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