COMMENTARIES
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India & China: An Assessment of October 2013 Agreements
An Overview of Contemporary Issues and Relations
Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee · 31 Oct, 2013 · #4157 · Commentary
History will acknowledge the Year 2013 as a good one for India-China relations. That this was during the last phase of the UPA II rule in India and when the Government was not enjoying a particularly good year domestically, should add to the cre...
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India & China: An Assessment of October 2013 Agreements
The Positives
Teshu Singh · 30 Oct, 2013 · #4156 · Commentary
The year 2013 has been an eventful one for India-China relations. For the first time in five decades, the leaders of the two countries visited each other’s capital in the same year (the last visit was in the year 1954). The last decade has...
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India & China: An Assessment of October 2013 Agreements
Nalanda University as a Cultural and Educational Bridge
Namrata Hasija · 29 Oct, 2013 · #4155 · Commentary
Among the many agreements signed between India and China during Manmohan Singh’s visit, the MoU on Nalanda University for reviving the ancient seat of Buddhist learning, raises interesting questions. Why has China agreed to become a part o...
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India & China: An Assessment of October 2013 Agreements
Addressing the Heat Wave over Brahmaputra River
Roomana Hukil · 29 Oct, 2013 · #4154 · Commentary
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and China provides an opportunity for the two sides to strengthen cooperation on the trans-border rivers by expert level exchange of hydrological information during the flood season and emergen...
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India & China: An Assessment of October 2013 Agreements
MoU on Road and Transport Cooperation
Col R Hariharan (Retd) · 29 Oct, 2013 · #4153 · Commentary
Of the multiple agreement signed between the two countries during Manmohan Singh’s visit, the MoU on roads (National Highways) and road transportation has a modest objective of promoting the sharing of knowledge, experience and cooperation...
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India & China: An Assessment of October 2013 Agreements
MoU on Sister City Relations
DS Rajan · 27 Oct, 2013 · #4152 · Commentary
In the modern era, the concept of sister city ties between countries in the world which in the main focuses on ‘people to people contact sand learning from each other’, have come to play a strong supportive role in making the develop...
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India & China: An Assessment of October 2013 Agreements
Border Defence Agreement
D Suba Chandran · 27 Oct, 2013 · #4151 · Commentary
Of the multiple agreements signed between India and China during Manmohan Singh’s visit, one of the most important is on maintaining peace and tranquillity along the border between the countries. Given the tensions between the two countrie...
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India & China: An Assessment of October 2013 Agreements
No Tangibles
Jayadeva Ranade · 27 Oct, 2013 · #4150 · Commentary
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s 3-day (Oct 21-23, 2013) tour to Beijing marked the first time in sixty years that the Indian and Chinese Prime Ministers exchanged visits within a year. As seasoning for the event the Chinese threw in...
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India & China: An Assessment of October 2013 Agreements
MoU on the Brahmaputra River
Wasbir Hussain · 24 Oct, 2013 · #4149 · Commentary
Manmohan Singh’s visit to China could eventually turn out to be a bigger diplomatic success for India, especially on the memorandum of understanding the two neighbours reached on ‘Strengthening Cooperation on Trans-border Rivers&rsqu...
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Bangladesh: Is Sheikh Hasina's Proposal to End the Political Crisis too Little?
Harun ur Rashid · 21 Oct, 2013 · #4148 · Commentary
On 18 October 2013, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina oproposed forming an all-party election-time government to oversee the next general election."We want to hold the next parliamentary elections taking all parties with us. It's my proposal...
