China

Covid-19's Origin: It wasn't the Wuhan Lab

A leak from secret research into bats at a Chinese laboratory used to be suspected as the source of the Covid-19 virus. A careful assessment of evidence instead points to the virus jumping to humans…
▶01-Oct-2024
Thomas Abraham

Xi Jinping’s 'New Deal' for China

Rising inequality and unbalanced regional growth in China occupy the minds of its rulers. Will 'Common Prosperity', the paramount leader’s proposed solution, resolve matters?
▶29-Sep-2022
Anand P. Krishnan

For India, a Moment of Reckoning in the Neighbourhood

India's waning democratic credentials and its desire to see diplomacy towards its smaller neighbours through the narrow prism of security has seen its influence wane in South Asia. China…
▶01-Jun-2021
Sushant Singh

Making Sense of China’s Dream

Why does the India-China border flare-up with regularity? For China, it is not about determining where the boundary lies, it is about establishing primacy.
▶30-Jul-2020
Deep Pal

India’s Economic Dependence on China

India cannot afford to cut its economic links with China since imports from its northern neighbour dominate sections of the economy, especially in electronics and pharmaceutical intermediates. This…
▶23-Jul-2020
Biswajit Dhar, KS Chalapati Rao
Covid-19

Covid-19 in India

India could not have prevented the entry of Covid-19 but it could have responded better to the warning signs of January. If it had, it could have reduced the toll this disease will now take and the…
▶01-Apr-2020
Thomas Abraham

Can India and China escape their recent history and reshape their engagement?

India-China relations need to be seen through the four filters of co-operation, competition, conflict and containment. The softening of tensions after the 2018 Wuhan summit gives the two countries an…
▶11-Jun-2019
Manoj Joshi