While COVID-19 restrictions in India appear to be easing amid a lower rate of new cases in recent days, its hope of re-establishing travel connections with foreign countries may hinge on its ongoing effort in bringing the pandemic under control. New Delhi is in touch with Beijing regarding...More

The spectacular growth in China's trade with India outperformed the former's trade performance with other major trading partners from January to May, an indication of the resilience within the China-India economic and trade relationship even amid political headwinds. Trade between China and India soared 70.1 percent in US...More

Chinese exporters of personal protective equipment (PPE) are seeing surging demand from India that has their factories working around the clock, as the South Asian country reels from shortages of medical oxygen and other epidemic-related devices amid a devastating second wave of the coronavirus. However, even as they...More

On February 10, Chinese and Indian troops have started simultaneous and planned disengagement in the Pangong Lake area. On Wednesday, Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said, "We do believe that in the next two or three days this process would have come to a conclusion." The withdrawal...More

Although talks between New Delhi and Beijing have yet to make headway to end a border standoff, the Indian military itself wants to end the border standoff as soon as possible. After all, the current standoff is draining India's domestic resources and army's energy. The extreme geographical and...More

The US State Department agreed to amend its version of Indian Defense Minister's comments at the US-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue on October 27 after days of protests by the Indian government, reported The Hindu, an Indian newspaper. In the original transcript released by the US, the Indian defense...More

In 2020, China and India have gone through a series of border conflicts. The governments and military officials from both countries have held multiple meetings on different occasions discussing the border crisis. The sixth round of military commander-level meetings between the two sides was held on Monday to...More

China on Tuesday slammed Indian troops for firing first in the Monday border clash and illegally crossing the Line of Actual Control (LAC) again, which it said had destroyed tranquility on the China-India border since 1975, demanding India punish personnel who fired the provocative shot and avoid similar...More

After the Galwan Valley clash on June 15, the slide in China-India relations has not been eased despite rounds of talks and consultations through diplomatic and military channels. Instead, China-India relations are even deteriorating. During the Galwan Valley clash, it was India that violated the China-India bilateral agreement...More

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B R Deepak, a Sinologist and chairperson at the Institute of Chinese Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, said in an interview with me that "China's focus is not about consolidating its ties with India. It instead is concentrating on smaller countries in the vicinity. This is reflected in...More

Editor's Note: It has been two weeks since the clash between Indian and Chinese troops at the border. Despite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's acknowledgment that no troops intruded into the Indian side of the border, there has been sweeping nationalism in India that has led to the boycott...More

(Editor's Note: Since the deadly clash between Chinese and Indian troops in the Galwan Valley on June 15, hyper-nationalism appear to have taken over India, where calls for boycotting Chinese products and footage of Indian citizens destroying TV set have been dominating social media. In China, very few take...More

Beijing. Online gossip has been spreading that some Chinese manufacturers have been caught selling hats, tees, and banners with anti-China slogans such as "Boycott China" to India; however, this is very likely faked, the Global Times found. In fact, Chinese laws and regulations prohibit the export of products...More

Chinese and Indian troops were engaged in a serious physical clash in Galwan Valley on Monday. The Indian side said three Indian soldiers were killed. The Chinese military confirmed that clashes between the two sides have led to casualties, but did not release the exact figures. This has...More