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India Lost Its Last Chance to ‘Save Face’ Before China

September 10, 2020

India Lost Its Last Chance To 'Save Face' Before China India could have followed the Chinese Defense Ministry's suggestion to investigate the first-ever firearm discharge near the Line of Actual Contr…

It Was Inevitable That India Would Seek to Actively ‘Contain’ China

September 6, 2020

Opinion

There's no longer any doubt that India seeks to actively “contain” China after the latest incident between Asia's two most populous countries over the weekend along the Line of Actual Control, though …

India’s Latest Infowar on Russia Concerns Fake Chinese Territorial Claims

August 12, 2020

Opinion

Indian media is aggressively propagating the fake news narrative that China allegedly laid official claim to both Vladivostok and half of Russia's CSTO mutual defense ally Tajikistan, but this is fact…

5 August 2019 Was A Defining Moment In Indo-Sino Relations

August 5, 2020

Opinion

Most observers at the time regarded India's de-facto annexation of Jammu & Kashmir on 5 August 2019 as being a defining moment for either India's internal affairs or Indian-Pakistani relations, bu…

India Dumped Iran Way Earlier Than The Reverse, But All’s Well That Ends Well

July 15, 2020

Opinion

These easily discernible strategic chain reactions were regrettably missed by many experts owing either to unfamiliarity with the guiding motivations of each related party and/or pressure to comply wi…

The Decision to Ban Chinese Nationals from Most New Delhi Hotels Is Despicably Racist

July 11, 2020

Opinion

The Hindustan Times' report late last month that the Delhi Hotel and Restaurants Owners Association (DHROA) won't provide accommodation to Chinese nationals in light of early June's Galwan Incident is…

Here’s What Can be Learned from the Indo-Sino Disengagement Decision

July 8, 2020

Opinion

China accepts that India already made its geopolitical choice to become the US' proxy in "containing" the People's Republic, but it would prefer for their seemingly inevitable "decoupling" to be as ma…

The China-India Trade War: Indian Boycott of Chinese Goods

July 7, 2020

Opinion

The level of India’s economic boycott against Chinese imports will depend on how the two countries resolve their border conflicts and if Indian industry is capable of offsetting the shortage of Chines…