Huwaei tries transparency
BEIJING: Chinese telecom colossus Huawei, which has substantial investment in India, has disclosed its financial performance – part of a strategy to boost transparency and allay security apprehensions of the …
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China hopes to increase trust with India
BEIJING: Ahead of the installation of the new leadership in Beijing, a senior Chinese military official has said India and China are “looking to deepen mutual trust” and widen their …
Read MoreIt’s economics, stupid!
India’s claims of being well-equipped to deal with a rising China triggers a lot of scepticism among the powers-that-be in Beijing. India’s “soft spot is economic, not military”, said said …
Read MoreIndia Can Build Bridges. China Can’t
China may be rising, but it is India which is uniquely poised to play a bridge-building role in an Asian century, says Kishore Mahbubani, Singapore’s former envoy to the UN …
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India, China, Pakistan Dialogue On Afghanistan?
With the prospect of regional rivalries intensifying over Afghanistan, China is thinking of proposing a trilateral dialogue among New Delhi, Beijing and Islamabad on Afghanistan, a tricky proposition given the …
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China’s Soft Power Foray into Nepal
In a development that is bound to worry India, China looks set to open a cultural centre in Nepal. According to Chinese official news agency Xinhua, Beijing believes that the …
Read MoreChina gets real, engages India to counter US
The Chinese, as Henry Kissinger pointed out in 1971, are eminently pragmatic people. They became communists when they felt that it would help to accelerate their development. They gave up …
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India honours 1962 China war martyrs
Fifty years after China defeated India in a brief but brutal war, the Indian defence establishment has finally woken up to the rites of remembrance. For the first time since …
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From RK to SRK, Bollywood forever in China
There are hardly any Indians in Haikou, the booming capital of the southern Chinese island province of Hainan, known for its sandy beaches, exotic sea food and spanking new high-rises. …
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Don’t fight, see 3 Idiots!
Singing and dancing versus kung fu and martial arts? India and China may have been projected as rivals, but where diplomacy stutters, popular culture scores. Iconic Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, …
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