FOCUS | THEMATIC | CHINA
-
Japan & the Yasukuni Shrine: Regional Implications of an Assertive Abe
Annie Tacho. · 17 Aug, 2013 · #4091 · Commentary
On 15th August 2013, when South Korea was commemorating its independence from decades of Japanese occupation, three Japanese cabinet ministers visited and paid their respects at the Yasukuni Shrine. Yoshitaka Shindo, Minister of Internal Affairs, K ...
-
IPCS Discussion
China, Japan & South Korea: Emerging Security Architecture in East Asia
Shresht Jain. · 12 Aug, 2013 · #4084 · Commentary
Session-I: Park's Visit to Beijing and China-South Korea Relations
Dr. Sandip Mishra
In her recent visit to China, South Korean President Park Geun-hyu emphasised the pivotal role of China in determining the security and ...
-
IPCS Special Commentary
US and Vietnam: Emerging Security Architecture in Southeast & East Asia
Rajaram Panda. · 09 Aug, 2013 · #4082 · Commentary
On an invitation from President Barack Obama, the Vietnamese President Truong Tan Song visited the US from July 23-26, 2013. Though President Tan Song was accompanied by a large delegation ranging from economics, trade and defence and even a senior ...
-
IPCS Debate
India, Sri Lanka and Maldives: The Tripartite Maritime Security Agreement and the Growing Chinese Influence
Iranga Kahangama. · 30 Jul, 2013 · #4058 · Commentary
China and India continue to vie for maritime influence, as influence over the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) remains both commercially and strategically advantageous. However, India’s recent strategy includes developing regional cooperative mariti ...
-
Bo Xilai: China's Trial of the Century
Namrata Hasija. · 25 Jul, 2013 · #4054 · Commentary
Bo Xilai has been formally charged with bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power today according to Jinan City People’s Procuratorate in east China’s Shandong province. The indictment paper delivered to the Jinan City Intermediate Peopl ...
-
China and the US: Fifth Strategic and Economic Dialogue
Teshu Singh. · 24 Jul, 2013 · #4051 · Commentary
The fifth annual China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) was held in Washington D.C on 10-11 July 2013. Notably, the groundwork for the meeting was already done during the Xi-Obama meeting and further cemented by an article written by Y ...
-
China: Space Program and Strategy
Narayani Basu. · 22 Jul, 2013 · #4046 · Commentary
On 11 June 2013, China launched its fifth manned space mission from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. Atop a Long March 2F rocket, the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft transported three astronauts to the Tiangong 1, a ...
-
IPCS Special Commentary
China and Likonomics: Li Keqiang’s Emerging Economic Strategy
Narayani Basu. · 22 Jul, 2013 · #4045 · Commentary
Eponyms for new policies instigated under the aegis of political leaders nearly always become a catchphrase. Recently, the global community saw the emergence of Abenomics in Japan, under the leadership of Shinzo Abe. Now, China appears to be joinin ...
-
South China Sea: Beijing Likely to Employ Soft Power?
Shresht Jain. · 18 Jul, 2013 · #4043 · Commentary
Hitherto, the real challenge for China in the South China Sea has been to safeguard its sovereignty. However, for Beijing to cater to its energy demands and domestic economy, it is expected to lessen its dependency upon hard power and rely more on ...
-
China and Russia: The Joint Sea 2013 Exercise
Vijay Sakhuja. · 10 Jul, 2013 · #4031 · Commentary
The ongoing China-Russia naval exercises code-named Joint Sea 2013, dubbed by the PLA Navy as the ‘single biggest deployment of military force in any joint foreign exercise’, merits attention. The Chinese flotilla comprising of seven sh ...
