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  • Cold Comfort for Mr. Aziz in China
    Giri Deshingkar.    ·   18 Jun, 1999    ·    #208    ·    Commentary    
    Pakistan ’s Foreign Minister Mr. Sartaj Aziz and his Indian counterpart Mr. Jaswant Singh visited Beijing within the space of four days over the last one week. The specific context of Mr. Aziz’s visit was the India-Pakistan ...
  • Vajpayee's China fiasco
    .    ·   12 Nov, 1998    ·    #151    ·    Commentary    
    India 's China policy is more or less a shambles today and the 'credit' for that belongs to Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee. This is not the first time that he has been 'a bull in a China shop'. In 1977-78, Pri ...
  • Sharif's Moscow Visit
    Adnan Sattar.    ·   12 May, 1999    ·    #189    ·    Commentary    
    Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's visit to Moscow was the single most important diplomatic event in recent years. Given the mutual distrust that has characterised Pak-Russian relations for the last fifty years, the visit was indeed an histori ...
  • Li Peng's Visit to Pakistan: An Analysis
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh.    ·   22 Apr, 1999    ·    #186    ·    Commentary    
    While the international and Indian media gave ample coverage to the Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji's high profile visit to U.S.A. last week, Li Peng's visit to as head of a trade and parliamentary delegation Pakistan did nor receive the sa ...
  • Tibet and Indian Realpolitik Interests
    .    ·   09 Jun, 1999    ·    #198    ·    Commentary    
    The chain of errors in India ’s China policy started with New Delhi ’s failure to challenge the Chinese occupation of Tibet . The present strategic developments in Tibet is very dangerous for Indian se ...
  • Sino-Indian Ties: The 11th Round of Joint Working Group Meeting
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh.    ·   07 Jun, 1999    ·    #195    ·    Commentary    
    The 11th round of the Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting between China and India was scheduled for May 1998 but finally took place in Beijing on April 27-28, 1999. It could not take place at the scheduled time for two reasons. ...
  • Sino-US Relations : A Fragile Consensus
    .    ·   04 Apr, 1999    ·    #179    ·    Commentary    
    As China and the United States enter the most contentious period of their relationship in this decade they are more conscious than ever of the degree to which each has become significant  to the other’s interest. The White House views Ch ...
  • China - Pakistan Relations : Post Chagai
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh.    ·   04 Apr, 1999    ·    #178    ·    Commentary    
      Pakistan ’s nuclear tests made no adverse impact on China – Pakistan relations for two reasons. First, after the Indian tests on May 11 and 13, Pakistan was expected to provide a `matching resp ...
  • 16th CPC: A Blend of Change and Continuity
    .    ·   28 Dec, 2002    ·    #927    ·    Commentary    
    P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: "" } The 16th Communist Party Congress that concluded in Beijing in mid-November was marked by an interesting blend of change and continuity. ...
  • Clinton’s China Visit Objectives, Achievements & Failures
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   18 Jul, 1998    ·    #126    ·    Commentary    
    Mr. Clinton’s visit to China marks a great shift in American foreign policy towards China , particularly after that tensed period, in which there were serious allegations and counter charges over the Taiwan Straits missile issue ...
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