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  • China: Surge in Sex Scandals
    Namrata Hasija.    ·   19 Dec, 2012    ·    #3779    ·    Commentary    
    Corruption has been the dominant factor in Chinese politics this year; evident in the numerous corruption and sex scandals involving party officials that have been busted of late. There has been a surge in the revelations of officials involved in sex ...
  • South China Sea: Has ASEAN lost its credibility?
    Dhara Shah.    ·   17 Dec, 2012    ·    #3778    ·    Commentary    
    The 21st ASEAN Summit (2012) at Cambodia emerged as a key convention in bringing about successful trade alliances and agreements. It was touted to be the summit that would help pour oil over troubled waters in the South China Sea (SCS); the meeting t ...
  • China: The Taiwan Strait or the China Seas?
    Lucio Blanco Pitlo III.    ·   12 Dec, 2012    ·    #3775    ·    Commentary    
    While tensions in the East and South China Seas had received much limelight in recent times, outgoing President Hu Jintao, in his just concluded report to the 18th Party Communist Party of China Congress, clearly identified where Beijing’s fo ...
  • China: Reasons for being a Top FDI Destination
    Teshu Singh.    ·   29 Nov, 2012    ·    #3767    ·    Commentary    
    Within three decades of reform and opening up China has become a top destination of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The United Nation Conference of Trade and Development released a report on 23 October 2012, stating that China replaced the US as t ...
  • IPCS Discussion: Sino-Indian and Sino-South Korean Relations
    Teshu Singh.    ·   29 Nov, 2012    ·    #3766    ·    Commentary    
    The report is a summary of the Sino-Indian and Sino-South Korean Relations: Compulsions, Comparisons and Contrasts event held at the IPCS on 22 November 2012 Amb. Sudhir Devare It is a comprehensive manuscript including several perspectives on ...
  • IPCS Discussion: China's Role in North Korea's Stability and Regional Security
    Teshu Singh.    ·   29 Nov, 2012    ·    #3765    ·    Commentary    
    The report is a summary of the North Korea's Stability and Regional Security: China's Role event held at the IPCS on 15 November 2012 Dr. Rajaram Panda For its own ideological and strategic reasons, China has assumed the ...
  • Book Review: Implications of Asia's Rising Powers for the US
    PR Chari.    ·   26 Nov, 2012    ·    #3761    ·    Commentary    
    Chinese and Indian Strategic Behavior: Growing Power and Alarm George J Gilboy and Eric Heginbotham New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2012 pp. xxx+ 346 Price: Rs 995/- The two authors are MIT alumni, but their work experience differs. G ...
  • China: Strategic Implications of Second Stealth Fighter
    Radhakrishna Rao.    ·   14 Nov, 2012    ·    #3756    ·    Commentary    
    The recent maiden flight of China’s second stealth fighter twin engine J-31 Falcon Eagle, which claimed to feature fifth generation combat aircraft technologies, was not a wholly unexpected event. The test flight, which coincided with the 18t ...
  • Obama-II and the Asia Pacific: Macro Strategic Trends in Rebalancing
    Abhijit Iyer-Mitra.    ·   08 Nov, 2012    ·    #3752    ·    Commentary    
    As Obama’s conversation with Medvedev in Seoul – accidentally overheard - conveyed, he now has “more flexibility” and “room for manoeuvre”. At a micro level, this referred to the Ballistic Missile Defences that t ...
  • China’s Wukan Uprising: Is the Honeymoon Over?
    Namrata Hasija.    ·   31 Oct, 2012    ·    #3748    ·    Commentary    
    The author’s last article analyzed the Wukan uprising in September 2011 over land grabs. The villagers were able to win extraordinary concessions including their right to elect a new village committee on 3 and 4 March 2012. In his speech afte ...
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