https://www.scmp.com/rss/322763/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The past year has marked a turning point in Sino-Indian relations in more ways than one. If 2017 began with India taking a strong stance against China’s ambitious “Belt and Road Initiative”, it ended with China’s tightening grip in South Asia. In between was the 73-day long Doklam stand-off between Asia’s two giants. The year’s events underscore the challenges for this bilateral relationship in ways few would have anticipated in the recent past. India and China increasingly jostle with each... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2129480/chinas-clout-grows-south-asia-can-india-raise-its-game?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2129480/chinas-clout-grows-south-asia-can-india-raise-its-game?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Jan 2018 02:14:53 +0000 After a few timid signs of warming, Sino-Indian relations seem to be headed for the freezer. While Beijing refuses to take Indian security concerns seriously, New Delhi may have decided to take the Chinese challenge head-on. To complicate matters for India, its erstwhile ally Russia, which has become a close friend of China, is showing interest in establishing closer ties with Pakistan. The latest move that clenches teeth in India is China refusing to lift a hold on Pakistan-based Jaish... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2063148/how-rekindled-sino-indian-tensions-are-reshaping-asian?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2063148/how-rekindled-sino-indian-tensions-are-reshaping-asian?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Jan 2017 05:45:30 +0000 India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has a once-in-a-generation opportunity for reorienting ties with the US. Modi has just concluded his fourth visit to the United States since taking office and his last engagement with the Obama administration. For President Barack Obama, strengthening US-India ties is an achievement in an otherwise underwhelming foreign policy track record, and the two men have developed a personal rapport. Both would like to institutionalise this rapport so that... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1970372/one-eye-china-modis-india-strikes-firm-friendship-us-will-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1970372/one-eye-china-modis-india-strikes-firm-friendship-us-will-it?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Jun 2016 09:14:13 +0000